"Similis Simili Gaudet": Lavrentii Kordet and Hryhorii Skovoroda
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2022
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Posokhova, Liudmyla
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Abstract
The paper examines the connections between the rector of Kharkiv Collegium, Archimandrite
Lavrentii Kordet, and some of the close friends, acquaintances, and correspondents of Hryhorii
Skovoroda. The main focus is on Kordet’s intellectual biography and the essential features of
interpersonal communication among the faculty of Kharkiv Collegium in the second half of the
18th century. The study draws on the principles of network analysis and reconstruction of intellectual
network models. The author argues that Lavrentii Kordet, Hryhorii Skovoroda, and some of their
friends connected with Kharkiv Collegium (Mykhailo Kovalynskyi, Yov Bazylevych, etc.) embodied
the type of person whose identity centered on intellectual activity. They devoted a signifi cant portion
of their lives to academic teaching, cared about professional self-improvement, and kept up with the
latest scholarly and literary works. These intellectuals engaged in active "academic communication"
with their colleagues, which was designed to generate specifi c activities aimed at dissemination of
learning. The community of which Lavrentii Kordet and Hryhorii Skovoroda were part clearly
represented a new type of intellectual relations in the lands of Sloboda Ukraine.
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Lavrentii Kordet, Hryhorii Skovoroda, Kharkiv Collegium, intellectual networks, Ukrainian culture, article
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Posokhova L. "Similis Simili Gaudet": Lavrentii Kordet and Hryhorii Skovoroda / Liudmyla Posokhova // Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal. - 2022. - № 9. - P. 130-146. - https://doi.org/10.18523/kmhj270838.2022-9.130-146