The Structure and Importance of Metaphysical Courses at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy (the 17th–18th Centuries)

Abstract

The article analyses surviving manuscripts of metaphysical courses taught at Kyiv-Mohyla Academy in the 17^th and 18^th centuries. It examines their size, comparing to other parts of the philosophical course, and their structure, answering which questions were discussed and whether there were differences among courses in the discussed questions. The author tries to answer the question why the courses had that size and that content.