Danish philosophers

Boëthius of Dacia (born ca. 1240, died between 1280 and 1290) was a Danish philosopher active at the University of Sorbonne in Paris, France. Tied with Sigerus of Brabant, he was the most known proponent of Averroism, which is an interpretation of Aristotle founded on Averroës. He wrote several books in Latin, which have been collected in the six volumes of Boëthii Daci opera, printed in Copenhagen. When averroism was banned in 1277, Boëthius left Paris. His later whereabouts are unknown. Some historians believe he died in Italy ca. 1282. ...

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Called "Frederik" by those close to him, N.F.S. Grundtvig was the son of a Lutheran pastor. He was brought up in a very religious atmosphere, although his mother also had a great respect for the old Danish legends and traditions. He was schooled in the tradition of the European Enlightenment, but his faith in reason was shaken by German romanticism and the history of the Nordic countries. From an early age Grundtvig was conc ...

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Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Biography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Christian Thinking, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Thinking on Education, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Literature, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Position, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Bibliography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Editions, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Bibliography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Books on Grundtvig

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In 1815 Grímur Jónsson Thorkelin published the first edition ever of the Epic of Beowulf titled De Danorum rebus gestis secul. III & IV : Poëma Danicum dialecto Anglosaxonica with a latin translation. Despite his lack of any prior knowledge of Anglo Saxon literature Grundtvig quickly discovered a number of flaws in Thorkelins rendering of the poems. After a heated debate with Thorkelin, Johan Bülow, who had sponsored Thorkelin's work, offered to support a renewed translation by Grundtvig this time into Danish. The result, ...

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Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Biography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Christian Thinking, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Thinking on Education, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Literature, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Position, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Bibliography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Editions, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Bibliography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Books on Grundtvig

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Grundtvig is the ideological father of the Folk High School though his own ideas on education had another focus. He advocated reforming the ailing Sorø Academy into a popular school aiming at another form of higher education than what was common at the university. Rather than educating learned scholars it was to educate its students for active participation in society and popular life. Thus practical skills as well as national poetry and history should form an essential part of the instruction. This idea came very close to implementa ...

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Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Biography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Christian Thinking, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Thinking on Education, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Beowulf and Anglo-Saxon Literature, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Position, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Bibliography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Editions, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Bibliography, Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig - Books on Grundtvig

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