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  1. Mar 2023
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    Classics in the History of Psychology -- Krstic (1964)
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    1. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      Among his numerous works from the field of philosophy, theology, and natural sciences, the one, having the word "psychology" in its title is the most important; this is "Psychologia anthropologica" printed in Hanau in 1594.

      It's interesting how both of these philosophers both mentioned psychology. What I find more surprising though is just the fact that psychology wasn't as well known of a term as philosophy and similar terms. I've always known psychology was a newer idea but it's crazy how long ago they were bringing it up even though they didn't have much of meaning to it

    2. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      the term "psychology" was used by our great humanist, the poet of "Judita", Marko Marulic (1450-1524)

      I feel like they've claimed a million different people said it first. This is beginning to get confusing because people can't just make up a word but all somehow have a similar definition to it

    3. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      To examine the matter as thoroughly as possible, I also looked up in a few dictionaries containing Latin and Greek words used by the writers of the Middle Ages or the beginning of Modern History, but in none of them could I find the word "psychology". or, to be more exact, a word composed of the. Greek elements yuch and -- logia.

      Isn't this strange? Does this negatively impact the ideas the philosophers mentioned early on had?

    4. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      Thus, for example, Encyclopaedia Britannica (from 1961), the Soviet Bolsaja enciclopedija (1955), the large Brockhaus containing 12 tomes (1956), the Meyer Lexicon in 21 tomes (1909), Herder's Lexicon in 12 tomes (1934), and Mauthner's Philosophical Dictionary (München 1910) say either nothing or something very vague about the origin of the term "psychologia".

      This is very interesting.... I wonder why?

    5. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      This lack of documentation concerning Melanchton as the creator of the term "psychology" was noted as early as 1930 by A. Lalande, one of the distinguished collaborators in the largest French textbook on psychology edited by G. Dumas.

      This is very interesting... how do they REALLY know this and how does this impact his significance to the term?

    6. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      "The term 'psychology'... seems to have been coined by Melanchton

      he "coined" the term This quotation alone shows how much more significant the term was coming from him This is because he did more with it rather than just simply stating it

    7. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      "Psychologia" first in Melanchton (in his lectures), Goclen (as the title of a book from 1590), and Casmann (Psych. anthropol., 1594)."

      This gives a better timeline all together to get a better visual in the difference between all these men and when they stated the word psychology and a little where specifically where

    8. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      Casmann is even today sometimes quoted as the author of the term "psychology", either because the informants do not know Göckel's work or are careless in comparing the dates of the publication of the first editions of Casmann's and Göckel's book.

      It's always shocking when I see things like this because it's crazy how many people are discredited. This makes you question how much of the history of psychology could possibly be based on incorrect or misinterpreted information

    9. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      This work, as far as is known today, is indeed the first preserved printed book to contain the word "psychology" and in its Greek form and written in Greek letters at that

      I find it interesting that the man who first wrote the word psychology isn't more significant. You would think the starting point would be more significant. It does sound like he didn't add much meaning or definition to the term so maybe this is why he's not considered as important

    10. Trinityjohnson11 27 Mar 2023
      In technical and encyclopaedic literature one can find somewhat different information about when the word "psychology" was formed and who was the first to use it.

      Many things in psychology can have multiple definitions and different ways to think about them. It's interesting that the term psychology itself is the same way but definitely makes sense

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