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About Sophie Markgräfin von Meißen. Sophie of Bohemia was the daughter of Friedrich, King of Bohemia and Elisabeth Arpád. (1) She married Albrecht Markgraf von Meißen, son of Otto Markgraf von Meißen and Hedwig von Brandenburg, on 23 April 1186 at Aussig. She died on 25 March 1195. (1)
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Sophie von der Pfalz (1630-1714), die spätere Kurfürstin von Hannover. Sophie war das zwölfte Kind des Kurfürsten Friedrich V. von der Pfalz und König von Böhmen und seiner Gattin Elisabeth Stuart. Da Sophie bereits das 12. Kind ihrer Eltern war, war man unschlüssig über ihren Namen.
- Mind-Body Interaction
- The Three Circle Problem
- Natural Philosophy
- The Passions
- Happiness and The Highest Good
- Political Thought
The topic of the first five letters of the correspondence is the mind-body problem or more precisely the problem of interaction: How can one account for mind-body interaction under the conditions of Cartesian substance dualism? Elisabeth formulated her critical questions by taking up Descartes’s own assumptions and showing how the problem of intera...
In three letters, Elisabeth and Descartes discussed possible solutions for a specific mathematical problem, namely, to find an algebraic solution to the so-called problem of the three circles. The problem of the three circles, a special case of the Apollonian problem, is to find the radius of a circle whose circumference touches the circumferences ...
Throughout their correspondence, Elisabeth and Descartes discussed topics and works on natural philosophy. Although Elisabeth appreciated Descartes’ approach to natural philosophy, she revealed herself as a critical reader of Descartes’s works. After studying Descartes’ Principles of philosophy (1644), she raised two critical questions, both relate...
The occasion to discuss the passions arose when Descartes analyzed Elisabeth’s ongoing indisposition caused by sadness (tristesse), later called melancholy (mélancolie). Elisabeth and Descartes discussed the origin of this passion as well as different ways to deal with it and possible therapies (Ebbersmeyer 2011; Kambouchner 2014). Eventually, Elis...
After discussing Elisabeth’s indisposition and melancholy, Descartes proposed to read together Seneca’s De vita beata (“On the Happy Life”). They went through the work chapter by chapter and discussed the presented positions, but both considered Seneca’s argument inadequate (AT IV, 263–280). Finally, they set the book aside and discussed the topics...
Elisabeth asked Descartes repeatedly for advice and guidance with regard to those who have to lead a public life (Nov. 30, 1645; Apr. 25, 1646). Elisabeth saw the challenge in finding advice for people exposed to the public – to which she herself as a member of the high nobility belonged – that is morally just and at the same time applicable under ...
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Johannes von Tepl is best known for his early humanist poem Der Ackermann aus Böhmen ( Ploughman of Bohemia ), sometimes also called Der Ackermann und der Tod ( Ploughman and Death ), written around 1401 and first printed in 1460. It is a dialogue of Death and the ploughman, who accuses Death because his wife Margaretha recently died.
Catherine of Bohemia (Czech: Kateřina Lucemburská, German: Katharina von Böhmen; 19 August 1342 – 26 April 1395) also known as Catherine of Luxembourg was Electress of Brandenburg, the second daughter of Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and Blanche of Valois.
Apr 2, 2021 · Ludmilla of Bohemia. Czech princess. Upload media. Wikipedia. Date of birth. 1170 (statement with Gregorian date earlier than 1584) Olomouc. Date of death. 5 August 1240.
