Dimitrie Cantemir
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Dimitrie Cantemir (1673–1723) was twice Prince of Moldavia (in March–April 1693 and in 1710–1711). He was also a prolific man of letters – philosopher, historian, composer, musicologist, linguist, ethnographer, and geographer.
Works
- Books
- Divanul sau Gâlceava Înțeleptului cu lumea sau Giudețul sufletului cu trupul [The Divan or The Wise Man's Parley with the World or The Judgement of the Soul with the Body], Iași, 1698. [1] (in Romanian and Greek)
- Sacrosantae scientiae indepingibilis imago [Imaginea de nedescris a ştiinţei sacre; The Undepictable Image of Sacred Science], Constantinople, 1700-1704, (in Latin); repr. as Metafizica, trans. Nicodim Locusteanu, Bucharest: Ancora, 1928. [2]
- Compendiolum universae logices institutionis [Compendiu al sistemului logicii universale], 1700-04, (in Latin).
- Tarifu ilmil musiki ala vêgni maksus [Kitâbu ilm’i musikî ala vêghi maksus; Tarifu ilm’i musikî ala vêghi kurufat; Explicarea muzicii teoretice pe scurt], 1700-04. (in Turkish)
- Descriptio Moldaviae, 1714; repr. as, Descrierea Moldovei Chișinău: Litera, 1997.
- Novels
- Historia Hieroglyphica, 1705.
- Colected works
- Operele Principelui Demetriŭ Cantemirŭ, Bucharest, 1872ff.
- Opere, edition by Virgil Cândea, Stela Toma and Nicolae Stoicescu, Bucharest, 2003ff.
- Bibliography
Literature
- in Rens Bod, A New History of the Humanities, Oxford University Press, 2013, p 209.
