The chapter analyzes the mid-18th-century shift at the Kyiv-Mohyla Academy initiated by Symon Todorskyi after his studies in Halle. Rejecting scholastic Aristotelianism, professors turned to the German philosophy of Christian Wolff, marking a major transformation in Kyiv’s intellectual tradition.
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine , Ukraine - ORCID: 0000-0001-8102-4036
Chapter Title
Farewell Aristotle! The Turn toward German Philosophy
Authors
Mykola Fediai
Language
English
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1033-1.09
Peer Reviewed
Publication Year
2026
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Book Title
Latin Philosophy and Greek Faith
Book Subtitle
The Kyiv-Mohyla Academy on the Intellectual Map of Early Modern Europe
Authors
Mykola Fediai
Peer Reviewed
Number of Pages
292
Publication Year
2026
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© 2026 Author(s)
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Publisher Name
Firenze University Press
DOI
10.36253/979-12-215-1033-1
ISBN Print
979-12-215-1032-4
eISBN (pdf)
979-12-215-1033-1
Series Title
Knowledge and its Histories
Series ISSN
3035-5974
Series E-ISSN
3035-5923