CANTEMIR - A SPIRIT WITHOUT TIME
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CANTEMIR – UN SPIRIT FĂRĂ TIMP Nemărginitul ochean a toată ştiinţa lumii
CANTEMIR - A SPIRIT WITHOUT TIME The boundless glass of all the science of the world

Author(s): Gheorghe Văduva
Subject(s): History, Cultural history
Published by: Universitatea Crestina "Dimitrie Cantemir"
Keywords: Cantemir; seeker through the maze of the ages; Encyclopedia; a spirit over time;

Summary/Abstract: Cantemir was thirsty for knowledge. But he is not simply a devotee of literature, historical documents and information. He is actually a seeker, a creator, a man with a thirst for "faustic knowledge" that far exceeds the boundaries of medieval culture and even those of his time. Cantemir is not an avant-garde of the era of the end of the Middle Ages, but a conscious, courageous and migratory constructor of universal time, a profound and expansive thinker far beyond the margins of his time. He is a scholar who uses the "endless glass of all science" to know and understand the world and its horizons in a time of great embarrassment, of conflicts and wars, and of great openings to knowledge.

  • Issue Year: I/2010
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 7-12
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: Romanian
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