The Intellectual Factory. The study of Philosophy in the Jesuit Colleges of Brazil, 1572-1759

Authors

  • Bruno Martins Boto Leite Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE

Abstract

The Society of Jesus, since the beginning of the Portuguese colonizationin America, built educational institutions focusing on primary, secondary and highereducation. These institutions were directed to external students, viz. laymen and regularpriests of different orders, and had an important role in the cultural formation of the socialgroups who would rule the country. Through those institutions, the Jesuits provided ahigh quality philosophical and theological education to the settlers, based on the culturaltradition of late scholasticism and updated through a dialogue with modern science. Theaim of this study is to analyze the history of the formation of those schools of philosophyin the different colleges of the Society of Jesus in Brazil, with special attention to thehistory of their regulation process.

Author Biography

Bruno Martins Boto Leite, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE

Terminou seus primeiros estudos no Lycée François Villon de Paris, França. Possui graduação em História pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (2004), Mestrado em história social pela UFRJ (2006) e Doutorado em história pelo Istituto Universitario Europeo de Florença, Itália (2012). Tem experiência na área de História, com ênfase em História da cultura na época moderna (séculos XV-XVI-XVII), atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: História dos Intelectuais, História da astronomia/astrologia em Portugal na época moderna, História da filosofia e da ciência em Portugal e na Europa na época moderna e história da educação no mesmo contexto. Desde 2017, trabalha como professor de "História Moderna" na Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco - UFRPE.

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Published

2020-01-31

Issue

Vol. 24 No. 1 (2020): Janeiro/Abril

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