Article ID: CBB591895866

‘Disturbed’ by Euclid: Thomas Fincke and the reading of Ramist mathematics in sixteenth-century Germany (2021)

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This article presents evidence of the transmission and reception of Petrus Ramus's mathematical pedagogy, as witnessed in a multi-volume Sammelband constructed and used in late sixteenth-century Germany. It considers how the methodological influence of Ramus was transmitted to students by the mathematical work of Thomas Fincke, before suggesting that idiosyncratic users of the Sammelband tangled with authoritative interpretations of Euclid by incorporating their own reading and notational practices. Whilst Fincke's work was aimed toward students familiar with Ramist teaching, marginalia found within the Sammelband reinterpret these intentions, demonstrating the pedagogical relationships shared between Fincke, his predecessors, and the later readers of the volume. Zusammenfassung In diesem Artikel wird die Übertragung und Rezeption von Petrus Ramus' mathematischer Pädagogik anhand eines mehrbändigen Sammelbands gezeigt, der im späten 16. Jahrhundert in Deutschland zusammengestellt und verwendet wurde. Es wird untersucht, wie der methodologische Einfluss von Ramus durch die mathematische Arbeit von Thomas Fincke auf die Schüler übertragen wurde, bevor darauf hingewiesen wird, dass eigenwillige Benutzer mit maßgeblichen Interpretationen von Euklid verwickelt sind, indem sie ihre eigenen Lese- und Schreibpraktiken einbeziehen. Während sich Finckes Arbeit an Schüler richtete, die mit der Ramistenlehre vertraut waren, interpretierten marginale Beiträge im Sammelband diese Absichten neu: Sie zeigten die pädagogischen Beziehungen, die zwischen Fincke, seinen Vorgängern und den späteren Lesern des Bandes bestanden.

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Authors & Contributors
Goulding, Robert
Mehl, Édouard
Sylva Dobalová
Adéla Pokorná
Lucie Strnadová
Lee, Eunsoo
Concepts
Mathematics
Geometry
Teaching; pedagogy
Philosophy
Astronomy
Knowledge circulation
Time Periods
16th century
Renaissance
17th century
15th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
Germany
Europe
Nuremberg (Germany)
England
Italy
Greece
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