THE ENLIGHTENMENT VOCATION OF GHEORGHE ASACHI
THE ENLIGHTENMENT VOCATION OF GHEORGHE ASACHI

Summary/Abstract: An undermined personality marked by romantic contradictions, the mission of Gheorghe Asachi was to continue the Transylvanian enlightenment actions in Moldavia until he passed his knowledge to Youth Movement. He had a very solid culture, noticed from his skills, although he wasn’t a scientist, an encyclopedic personality. The directions of this encyclopedia was transposed in practical actions. The reformation and nationalization of education in Romanian language, The beginning of the press, revival of layman print, the formation of state archives, the beginning of Romanian language theatre, the direct education activity and he printed different manuals as an author and he had a sustained artistic activity (poet, writer, play writer). He founded natural history societies, medicine societies, he activated as an archaeologist, musician and painter. A new hypostasis depicts him as a thirsty for knowledge man with a spirit for action, persevering touching his objectives. In touch with the epoch emancipation, follower of enlightenment ideas Gheorghe Asachi remains the promoter of Romanian culture. Although the attitude of Asachi is contradictory and confuse he remains an original character, conditioned by the evolution of the epoch in which he lived, studied, developed and activated, a mentor of modern Romanian language literature and culture since the beginning of nineteenth century. Knowing his time needs, the same as Heliade Radulescu, Asachi imposes and influences his epoch through his enlightenment ideas. The following study tries to introduce him from an actual perspective in which Gheorghe Asachi personality had determined modernization of Romanian society from his age.

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