Čo je „idea univerzity“ – jej vznik a raný vývoj
What is the “Idea of the University” – Its Origin and Early Development

Summary/Abstract: This paper examines the history of the idea of the university and its relation to the philosophical concepts of idea and ideal. The author shows how reflections by major thinkers up to Kant shaped the understanding of the university not merely as an educational institution, but above all as a spiritual and social project. The medieval university is presented as an universitas magistrorum et scholarium – a community united by the pursuit of truth and knowledge. This archetype of the university constituted the basis of its authority and significance within European civilization. The paper also reflects on the crises the university has undergone from its origins through the Enlightenment. Processes of secularization and rationalization weakened the original idea and shifted the university toward an understanding of itself primarily as an institution producing knowledge and trained professionals. Today, the university thus finds itself in tension between tradition and the modern demands of society. The author argues that the search for a renewed university identity cannot be reduced to tec

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