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New Monograph on Empedocles: Vojtěch Hladký Explores Ancient Philosophy of Life and Death

New Monograph on Empedocles: Vojtěch Hladký Explores Ancient Philosophy of Life and Death

Published: Sunday 1.6.2025
A new book by Vojtěch Hladký from the Department of Philosophy and History of Science has just been published in the prestigious International Pre-Platonic Studies series. Titled Rejoicing Sphairos, Wandering Daimon, and Other Living Beings, the publication offers a set of interconnected studies focused on Empedocles’ natural philosophy and his understanding of life, death, and the cosmic cycle.
Czech Scholars Present Thaddaeus Hagecius as a Polymath of the Rudolfine Era

Czech Scholars Present Thaddaeus Hagecius as a Polymath of the Rudolfine Era

Published: Thursday 30.1.2025
The book Thaddaeus Hagecius, or Hájek (1526–1600): Bohemian Polymath of the Rudolfine Era is being published by Amsterdam University Press. The book was co-authored by Vojtěch Hladký and Lucie Strnadová from the Department of Philosophy and History of Science at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, who have a long standing collaboration with the book's editor, Martin Žemla. The book was created as part of a project by the Department of Philosophy at Palacký University in Olomouc. A Czech version of the publication is currently in preparation.