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iv. education and . mental culture.
A. Herrlin (b. 1870), professor at Lund, has written a quantity of very
remarkable psychological and pedagogic dissertations. S. Alrutz (b. 1868), docent
at Uppsala, has done work in the sphere of mental psychology. Among the
younger academic philosophers, we may mention A. Phalén (b. 1884) and M.
Jacobsson (b. 1885), both docents, the former at Uppsala, the latter at Gothenburg.
K. J. A. Vannérus (b. 1862) and K. Pira (b. 1868), have won distinction as
writers on philosophy.
Finally, we may recall the Boström Association, founded by O. J. Keijser
(b. 1844), Eugène Schwartz (1847—1914), K. Pira, and others. This Society
has set itself the task of spreading knowledge of Bostrom’s philosophy and also
of developing it.
Philology.
The scientific study of language in Sweden has quite naturally been in the
first place directed to Scandinavian tongues, but not only so; the country has
produced orientalists, comparative linguists, classical philologists and romanists
of repute.
It was the ardent love, in the dawn of Sweden’s great era, for Swedish
history and cultivation that, combined with the spirit of research of the
Renaissance, gave birth to Swedish philology. Its founder may be considered
to have been J. Bureus (1568—1652), a master of many subjects, especially
noted as a prominent runologist and an expert in the language and literature
of mediæval Sweden. By pursuing the study of the Swedish language of his
own time, he has originated the study of modern Swedish grammar. Among
his successors are to be noted G. Stiernhielm (1598 —1672) "the father of
Swedish poetry", and J. Schefferus (1621—79), more celebrated as a classical
philologist. A new impulse was given to the study of our native tongue in
the latter part of the 17th century, when a considerable number of Icelandic
manuscripts were collected by order of the Government. This material was
worked up especially by O. Verelius (1618 — 82), who, among other things,
wrote an Icelandic dictionary, J. Peringslciöld (1654—1720), and J. Hadorph
(1630—93). The results of the examinations of our numerous runic stones by
the two last-mentioned scholars are set forth in their great collection entitled
"Bautil, alle Svea och Göta rikens runstenar" (Bautil, all the Runic Stones of
the Kingdoms of Svecia and Gothia), not published until 1750. Another
prominent runologist was M. Celsius (1621 — 79). The cultivation of the
Swedish language occupied a warm place in the heart of these scholars, and
we possess from their time many grammars and treatises on orthography, e. g.,
one by E. Aurivillius (1643 —1702), a work of distinction, N. Tiällmann
(1652 — 1718), and J. Svedberg (1653 — 1735). Possibly the most remarkable
of all is the sketch of a grammar bearing the title of "En svensk ordeskötsel"
(The Culture of Swedish), by S. Columbus (1642 — 79). In this work views
are presented which first began to be valued in our days.
Even in those days, Oriental philology was fairly well represented in Sweden,
and its foundation was laid now by the introduction of a great number of
valuable manuscripts, especially Arabic ones. Notable collectors within this
branch were G. Peringer Lillieblad (1651 — 1710), G. Sparfvenfeldt (1655—1727),
known also as a distinguished Slavonic scholar, J. Palmroot (1659 —1727), and
M. Eneman (1676 — 1714).
With J. Ihre (17 07—80) philology enters upon a new period, characterized
by keener criticism and widened views. Ihre is perhaps the greatest genius
in Swedish philology. He placed the work of research on a broader foundation
by consulting Gothic as well as other ancient Teutonic languages in his study
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