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In this episode, I like to share books about the mysterious painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder. I will have a chat with the authors and share with you how I use the paintings of Bruegel to improve my observation skills as a Psychologist.



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In this Vlog, I like to share with you a second book about the mysterious painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder.
I drive to Dresden to meet one of the authors, Jurgen M;ller and learn about a new perspective on this mysterious painter. As you might know from Part 1, I use the paintings of Bruegel to improve my observation skills as a Psychologist. Part 2 is therefore all about giving meaning to what you see.



J;rgen M;ller (Kunsthistoriker)

J;rgen M;ller (2016)
J;rgen M;ller (* 25. Dezember 1961 in Gelsenkirchen) ist ein deutscher Kunsthistoriker. Er hat die Professur f;r Mittlere und Neuere Kunstgeschichte an der Technischen Universit;t Dresden inne.

Werdegang
J;rgen M;ller studierte Kunstgeschichte, Germanistik und Philosophie an den Universit;ten von Bochum, M;nster, Pisa, Paris und Amsterdam. Er wurde mit einer Arbeit zu Karel van Manders Kunsttheorie im „Schilder-Boeck“ 1991 an der Universit;t Bochum promoviert. Seine Habilitation erfolgte 2002 an der Universit;t Kassel mit einer Studie zu Pieter Bruegel d. ;.

Im Jahr 1989 arbeitete er als wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter der Universit;t Bochum im Rahmen des Historikertages. Von 1991 bis 1999 war er Assistent am Kunstgeschichtlichen Seminar der Universit;t Hamburg. Von 1996 bis 1997 vertrat er eine C2-Professur am Kunstgeschichtlichen Seminar der Universit;t Marburg und war im Wintersemester 1997/98 Gastdozent an der Universit; Michel de Montaigne in Bordeaux. Im Anschluss daran erhielt er einj;hrige Gastprofessuren an der Sorbonne Nouvelle in Paris sowie an der Berliner Hochschule der K;nste. Seit 2002 ist er Inhaber der Professur f;r Mittlere und Neuere Kunstgeschichte an der Technischen Universit;t Dresden. Zudem hat er zahlreiche Ausstellungen kuratiert und ist regelm;;iger Autor ;berregionaler, deutschsprachiger Zeitungen.

Im Jahr 2006/07 war er Rudolf-Wittkower-Professor an der Bibliotheca Hertziana. Dar;ber hinaus erhielt er Einladungen als Fellow und Senior Fellow an das Clark Art Institute, an die EHESS in Paris, an das IKKM in Weimar, das Niki in Florenz und das Alfried-Krupp-Wissenschaftskolleg in Greifswald. M;ller ist Mitglied im Verband deutscher Kunsthistoriker sowie seit 2018 Ordentliches Mitglied der S;chsischen Akademie der K;nste (Klasse: Bildende K;nste).[1]

Forschung
M;llers Forschungsschwerpunkte liegen auf der Kunst der Fr;hen Neuzeit sowie der Foto- und Filmgeschichte. Seine Ver;ffentlichungen umfassen mehrere monografische Untersuchungen zu Rembrandt und Pieter Bruegel d. ;., zudem ist er Herausgeber der Dekaden-Filmbuchreihe bei TASCHEN. Von 2009 bis 2014 war er Teilprojektleiter des Sonderforschungsbereichs 804: „Transzendenz und Gemeinsinn“ an der TU Dresden. Seit Juli 2017 ist er Teilprojektleiter des Sonderforschungsbereichs 1285: „Invektivit;t. Konstellationen und Dynamiken der Herabsetzung“.[2]

Publikationen (Auswahl)
Monographien
Concordia Pragensis. Karel van Manders Kunsttheorie im Schilder-Boeck (=Ver;ffentlichungen des Collegium Carolinum Band 77). M;nchen 1993 (= Dissertation Bochum 1991).
Das Paradox als Bildform. Studien zur Ikonologie Pieter Bruegels d. ;. M;nchen 1999.
Der sokratische K;nstler. Studien zur Ikonologie von Rembrandts „Nachtwache“. Leiden 2015.
Pieter Bruegel d. ;. S;mtliche Gem;lde und Zeichnungen. K;ln 2018.
Herausgeberschaften (Auswahl)
mit Uwe M. Schneede: Pieter Bruegel invenit. Das druckgraphische Werk. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg 2001.
Die Masken der Sch;nheit. Hendrick Goltzius und das Kunstideal um 1600. (Mitherausgeber), Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg 2002.
100 Filmklassiker. K;ln 2008.
mit Bertram Kaschek, Wilfried Wiegand: Bilder machen. Fotografie als Praxis. Dresden 2010.
mit Thomas Schauerte: Die gottlosen Maler von N;rnberg. Konvention und Subversion in der Druckgrafik der Beham-Br;der. D;rerhaus/N;rnberg, Emsdetten 2011.
mit Stefan Jordan: Lexikon Kunstwissenschaft. Hundert Grundbegriffe. Stuttgart 2012.
mit B;rbel Hedinger, Michael Diers: Max Liebermann. Die Kunstsammlung. Von Rembrandt bis Manet. Berlin 2013.
mit Thomas Schauerte, Bertram Kaschek: Von der Freiheit der Bilder. Spott Kritik und Subversion in der Kunst der D;rerzeit. Petersberg 2013.
Pieter Bruegel d. ;. und das Theater der Welt, Ausstellungskatalog Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz. (gem. mit Ingrid M;ssinger), Berlin 2014.
mit Birgit Ulrike M;nch: Peiraikos’ Erben. Die Genese der Genremalerei bis 1550. Wiesbaden 2015.
The best TV-Shows. K;ln 2015.
mit Jan-David Mentzel: Rembrandt. Von der Macht und Ohnmacht des Leibes. Einhundert Radierungen. Ausstellungskatalog des Augustinermuseums Freiburg und der Veste Coburg. Petersberg 2017.
mit Paul Duncan: Horror Cinema. K;ln 2017.
mit Bertram Kaschek, Jessica Buskirk: Pieter Bruegel the Elder and Religion. Leiden 2018.
mit Stephanie Buck: Rembrandts Strich. Ausstellungskatalog Kupferstichkabinett Dresden, London 2019.
mit Sandra Kaden: Alltag als Exemplum. Religi;se und profane Deutungsmuster fr;her Genremalerei, Berlin 2020.
mit Lea Hagedorn, Giuseppe Peterlini und Frank Schmidt: GegenBilder. Bildparodistische Verfahren in der fr;hen Neuzeit, Berlin 2021.
mit Uwe Israel: K;rper-Kr;nkungen. Der menschliche Leib als Medium der Herabsetzung, Frankfurt am Main 2021.
100 Filme der 2010er, K;ln 2022.
Weblinks
Seite von J;rgen M;ller an der TU Dresden
Ver;ffentlichungen in: Kunstgeschichte. Open Peer Reviewed Journal
Digitalisierte Ver;ffentlichungen von J;rgen M;ller bei der Universit;tsbibliothek Heidelberg
Literatur von J;rgen M;ller bei Academia.edu
Seite des Teilprojekts F: „Parodie und Pasquinade. Gestalt und Genese von Modernisierungs­prozessen fr;hneuzeitlicher Kunst“ des SFB 1285
Einzelnachweise
J;rgen M;ller. Archiviert vom Original am 22. M;rz 2019; abgerufen am 22. M;rz 2019.
DFG – GEPRIS – Professor Dr. J;rgen M;ller. Abgerufen am 22. M;rz 2019.
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Ways of Lying by Perez Zagorin

Perez Zagorin’s Ways of Lying: Dissimulation, Persecution, and Conformity in Early Modern Europe (1990) is a scholarly work that examines how religious persecution and intellectual intolerance in the 16th–17th centuries led many dissenters to use deception, secrecy, and hidden meaning to protect their beliefs Google Books+1.

Overview
Published by Harvard University Press, the book is 337–352 pages long and is considered an “impressive and scholarly work of cultural synthesis” that introduces the label “the age of dissimulation” for this period Google Books+1. Zagorin traces both the theory and practice of dissimulation among religious leaders, philosophers, intellectuals, and men of letters, showing how they cloaked dissenting beliefs behind conformity Google Books.

Key Themes and Topics
Historical context: The pressures of religious persecution and doctrinal conformity in early modern Europe.

Nicodemism: Calvin’s term for secret Protestants who outwardly conformed to Catholic worship while hiding their faith Google Books+1.

Crypto-Judaism: The practice of Jewish converts to Christianity in Spain who secretly maintained Jewish beliefs.

English Catholicism: Hidden Catholic beliefs among English Catholics under Protestant rule.

Catholic doctrine of mental reservation: The practice of mentally rejecting heretical teachings while outwardly accepting them.

Protestant casuistry: The use of moral reasoning to justify dissimulation in English Protestantism.

Occultism and unbelief: Philosophers and men of letters who concealed their unbelief or occult interests Google Books+1.

Sources and Scope
Zagorin draws on biblical texts and the works of theologians from Jerome and Augustine through Erasmus, Luther, and Calvin, showing how these figures influenced or responded to doctrines of dissimulation Google Books+1.

Significance
The book is notable for:

Comparing Catholic and Protestant styles of dissimulation.

Offering a fresh historical label for the era.

Expanding understanding of the religious, intellectual, and cultural history of pre-modern Europe Google Books+1.
Access
Publisher: Harvard University Press (1990) Open Library+1.

ISBNs: 0674866363, 0674866371, 0674948343 Open Library.

Available via Internet Archive (print-disabled patrons), Open Library, and major academic libraries Archive+1.

If you are interested in early modern religious history, intellectual dissent, or the cultural politics of concealment, Ways of Lying provides a rich, interdisciplinary perspective on a pivotal period in European history.

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Animated summary of Of Simulation and Dissimulation by Francis Bacon
dis·simu·la·tion
[d;;s;mj;;le;;n]

noun
dissimulation (noun)
dissimulations (plural noun)
concealment of one's thoughts, feelings, or character; pretence:
"an attempt at dissimulation"
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a flock of small birds:
"his audience consisted of a dissimulation of birds"

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dissimulation flock of small birds:

"his audience consisted of a dissimulation of birds"a flock of small birds:

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In traditional English hunting and literary venery terms (collective nouns of assembly), „a dissimulation of birds“ (or specifically „a dissimulation of small birds“) is one of the most evocative and poetic medieval collective nouns.

1. Herkunft und Bedeutung
Ursprung:

Der Begriff stammt aus den sp;tmittelalterlichen Jagdb;chern und Gesellschaftstraktaten des 15. Jahrhunderts (wie dem ber;hmten The Boke of Saint Albans, 1486, zugeschrieben Dame Juliana Berners). Diese Handb;cher enthielten kunstvolle Sammelnamen f;r Tiere und Berufsgruppen (z. B. a pride of lions, a murder of crows, an exaltation of larks).

Bedeutung von Dissimulation:

Dissimulation bedeutet Verstellung, Heuchelei, T;uschung oder das Verbergen der wahren Absichten.

Bezug zur Natur: Bei kleinen V;geln (Singv;geln, Finken, Grasm;cken) beschreibt das Wort ihr unruhiges, erratisches Flug- und Schwarmverhalten: Sie tarnen sich im Geb;sch, t;uschen Richtungswechsel an, verbergen ihre Nester oder lenken Feinde durch Scheinman;ver ab.

2. Analyse des Zitats
„His audience consisted of a dissimulation of birds...“

Literarische Doppelb;digkeit:

W;rtliche Ebene: Sein Publikum bestand schlicht aus einer Schar kleiner Singv;gel (etwa im Garten oder Wald).

Metaphorische/Ironische Ebene: Wenn der Sprecher vor Menschen spricht und diese als „a dissimulation of birds“ bezeichnet werden, schwingt sofort der Vorwurf von Falschheit, Unaufrichtigkeit, Heuchelei und fl;chtiger Unaufmerksamkeit mit. Ein Publikum, das nickt, aber etwas anderes denkt – oder wie ein Schwarm kleiner V;gel beim kleinsten Ger;usch unberechenbar auffliegt.

In English please

Here is the analysis of "a dissimulation of birds" in English:

1. Origin and Etymology
Terms of Venery (Collective Nouns):

The phrase originates from late medieval hunting treatises and gentlemanly manuals, most famously Dame Juliana Berners' The Boke of Saint Albans (1486). These texts codified poetic, witty, and descriptive collective nouns for animals and social classes (e.g., a pride of lions, a murder of crows, an exaltation of larks, a parliament of owls).

Meaning of "Dissimulation":

Dissimulation means deception, pretense, hypocrisy, or the deliberate concealment of one's true feelings and motives.

Naturalistic Observation: For small birds (finches, warblers, sparrows), the term captures their erratic, jittery flocking behavior—darting into hedges, camouflaging their nests, feigning broken wings to lure predators away, and creating illusory movements across the sky.

2. Literary and Metaphorical Analysis
"His audience consisted of a dissimulation of birds..."

Literal Level:

The speaker's listeners were quite literally a flock of small birds fluttering in the garden or woods.

Metaphorical & Satirical Subtext:

When used figuratively to describe human listeners, the phrase carries sharp, layered irony:

Pretense & Hypocrisy: It paints the audience as insincere—people who feign interest or nod in polite agreement while concealing their true, cynical thoughts.

Fickleness: Much like a flock of small birds that scatters into the foliage at the slightest rustle, the audience lacks steadfast conviction, flitting restlessly from one distraction to another.

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A flock of small birds is a group of birds, often including species like starlings, finches, and blackbirds, that gather for protection, foraging, and social interaction.
What Constitutes a Small Bird Flock
A flock of small birds typically consists of dozens to hundreds of individuals, though the size can vary depending on species, season, and habitat. These flocks often form sub-groups within larger flocks, especially when foraging or migrating, allowing birds to cover more ground efficiently while maintaining safety in numbers
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Common Species
Several small bird species are known for forming flocks or swarms:

European Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris): Famous for murmurations, where thousands move in coordinated patterns
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Red-Winged Blackbirds (Agelaius phoeniceus): Often seen in large flocks during migration or winter
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Common Grackles (Quiscalus quiscula): Form large roosts and forage communally
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House Finches (Haemorhous mexicanus): Frequently gather in urban areas and at feeders
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American Tree Sparrows (Spizelloides arborea) and Long-Tailed Tits (Aegithalos caudatus): Form winter flocks for warmth and protection
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Reasons for Flocking
Small birds flock together for several key reasons:

Predator Avoidance: Large groups make it harder for predators to target a single bird, and coordinated movements can confuse attackers
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Foraging Efficiency: Birds share information about food sources, allowing the flock to locate resources more effectively
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Social Learning: Young birds learn migration routes, feeding techniques, and survival skills by observing older flock members
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Thermal Regulation: Flocking helps conserve heat in colder climates by reducing exposure to wind and cold
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Behavior and Dynamics
Flocks of small birds often display highly coordinated flight patterns, especially in species like starlings. Each bird monitors the movements of its nearest neighbors, adjusting its flight path to maintain cohesion. This results in synchronized, fluid formations that can change shape rapidly in response to predators or environmental conditions
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Flocks may split into smaller sub-groups to forage more efficiently and then merge back together, a behavior known as fission-fusion dynamics
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Understanding these behaviors highlights the complex social and survival strategies of small birds, making their flocks both ecologically important and visually striking.

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dissimulation
noun
dis·;simulation d;  (¦)di+
Synonyms of dissimulation
: the act of dissembling or the fact of being dissembled
some of these may recognize themselves in these pages … but I believe that I have been careful enough in dissimulation that they will not be recognized by others
—J. A. Pike

dis·;simulation

: false pretense
try to keep my detachment from becoming so complete a lie that I myself am deceived by it … but one thing can be gained by dissimulation, and that is an increment in dignity
—Isaac Rosenfeld
Word History
Etymology
Middle English dissimulacioun, from Middle French dissimulation, from Latin dissimulation-, dissimulatio, from dissimulatus + -ion-, -io -ion

dissimulation
noun [ U ]   formal
uk  /;d;s;s;m.j;;le;.;;n/ us  /;d;s;s;m.j;;le;.;;n/
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the fact of trying to hide your real feelings, character, or intentions:
He was capable of great dissimulation and hypocrisy.
Synonyms
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(Definition of dissimulation from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of dissimulation
dissimulation
Is it linked to the dissimulation of relations of domination, rather than simply fulfilling a general human need?
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The condition of civil peace was the creation of an atmosphere where 'dissimulation and clandestinity ' could flourish (p. 301).
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The large-scale introduction of experimental chemotherapy to the treatment of advanced cancers made dissimulation of cancer diagnosis and prognosis difficult.
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In many ways both sides were equally guilty of delay, dissimulation, and deception.
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Conduct manuals explained at length the degrees of reserve and dissimulation that were appropriate in different circumstances.
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Through dissimulation, surprise and lightning speed, the guerrillas succeeded in pulverising them.
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Devious as they were, these efforts at dissimulation ultimately counted for nought.
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For a millennium, their texts were purposely filled with dissimulation and the interpolation of tangential information.
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It may involve deception and dissimulation.
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Gioberti's tactical dissimulation can easily mislead the unwary reader.
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There is no dissimulation at all.
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There is nothing reprehensible in any of those activities, except the deceit and dissimulation that has accompanied them in the failure to declare an interest.
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Was there dissimulation on the part of those working in that office?
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We had a good deal of simulation and dissimulation at the last election.
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That curious use of words typifies the attitude of dissimulation and deceit which surrounds this affair.


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simu·la·tion
[;s;mj;;le;;n]

noun
simulation (noun)
simulations (plural noun)
imitation of a situation or process:
"simulation of blood flowing through arteries and veins""photographs showing simulation of sex acts"
the action of pretending; deception:
"clever simulation that's good enough to trick you"
the production of a computer model of something, especially for the purpose of study:
"the method was tested by computer simulation""a visual simulation of a collision""simulation models will allow researchers to test different strategies"
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Sebastian Franck.
Sebastian Franck (20 January 1499 Donauw;rth, Swabia – c. 1543 Basel, Switzerland) was a 16th-century German freethinker, humanist, and radical reformer.

Biography
Franck was born in 1499 in Donauw;rth, Swabia. Because of this he styled himself Franck von W;rd. He entered the University of Ingolstadt on 26 March 1515, and afterwards went to Bethlehem College, incorporated with the university, as an institution of the Dominicans at Heidelberg. Here he met Martin Bucer and Martin Frecht, with whom he might have attended Luther's Heidelberg disputation in October 1518.

Originally ordained as a priest, in 1525 Franck went over to the Reformed party at Nuremberg and became preacher at Gustenfelden. His first work was a German translation (with additions) of the first part of the Diallage (or Conciliatio locorum Scripturae), directed against Sacramentarians and Anabaptists by Andrew Althamer, then deacon of St. Sebald at Nuremberg. On 17 March 1528 he married Ottilie Beham, either the sister or a near relative of the exiled "godless" painters, Bartholomew and Sebald Beham, pupils of Albrecht D;rer and followers of Hans Denck. In the same year he wrote a treatise against drunkenness. In 1529 he produced Klagbrief, a free version of the Supplycacyon of the Beggers, written by the English Protestant Simon Fish. Franck, in his preface, says the original was in English; elsewhere he says it was in Latin; the theory that his German was really the original is not warranted.

Advance in his religious ideas led him to seek the freer atmosphere of Strasbourg in the autumn of 1529. To his translation (1530) of a Latin Chronicle and Description of Turkey (Turkenchronik), by a Transylvanian captive, which had been prefaced by Luther, he added an appendix holding up the Turk as in many respects an example to Christians. He also substituted, in lieu of the restrictions of Lutheran, Zwinglian and Anabaptist sects, the vision of an invisible spiritual church, universal in its scope. To this ideal he remained faithful. At Strassburg began his friendship with Kaspar Schwenkfeld. Here he also published, in 1531, his most important work, the Chronica, Zeitbuch und Geschichtsbibel, largely a compilation on the basis of the Nuremberg Chronicle (1493), and in its treatment of social and religious questions connected with the Reformation. In it he exhibited a strong sympathy with "heretics" and fairness to all kinds of freedom in opinion. As a German historian, he is a forerunner of Gottfried Arnold. Driven from Strassburg by the authorities, after a short imprisonment in December 1531, he tried to make a living in 1532 as a soapboiler at Esslingen, removing in 1533 for a better market to Ulm, where on 28 October 1534 he was admitted as a burgess.

His Weltbuch, a supplement to his Chronica, was printed at T;bingen in 1534. His publication, in the same year, of the Paradoxa brought him into trouble with the authorities. An order for his banishment was withdrawn on his promise to submit future works for censure. Not interpreting this as applying to works printed outside Ulm, he published in 1538 at Augsburg his Guldin Arch and at Frankfort his Germaniae chronicon, with the result that he had to leave Ulm in January 1539. He seems to have had no settled abode from that time. At Basel he found work as a printer, and it was probably there that he died in the winter of 1542–1543. He had published in 1539 his Kriegbuchlein des Friedens, his Schrifftliche und ganz grundliche Auslegung des 64 Psalms, and his Das verbutschierte mit sieben Siegein verschlossene Buch (a biblical index, exhibiting the dissonance of Scripture). In 1541 he published his Spruchw;rter (a collection of proverbs). In 1542 he issued a new edition of his Paradoxa and some smaller works.

Franck combined the humanist's passion for freedom with the mystic's devotion to the religion of the spirit. Luther contemptuously dismissed him as a mouthpiece of the devil. Martin Frecht of Nuremberg pursued him with bitter zeal. But his courage did not fail him, and in his last year, in a public Latin letter, he exhorted his friend Johann Campanus to maintain freedom of thought in face of the charge of heresy.

Franck came to believe that God communicates with individuals through a portion of the divine remaining in each human being. He came to dismiss the human institution of the church, and believed that theology could not properly claim to give expression to this inner word of God in the heart of the believer. For example, Franck wrote, "To substitute Scripture for the self-revealing Spirit is to put the dead letter in the place of the living Word..."[1][verification needed]

Franck's comment "God is an unutterable sigh, lying in the depths of the heart," quoted by Julius Wilhelm Zincgref[2] was described by Ludwig Feuerbach as "the most remarkable, the profoundest, truest expression of Christian Mysticism".[3]

Writings

Sprichw;rter, sch;ne, weise, herrliche Klugreden, 1541.
Autobiographical Letter to Johann Campanus (1531)
Weltbuch (1534)
Chronicle of Germany (1538)
Golden Arch (1538)
A Universal Chronicle of the World's History from the Earliest Times to the Present
Book of the Ages
Chronicle and Description of Turkey
Paradoxa (1534)
Preface and Translation into German of Althamer's Diallage
Seven Sealed Book (1539)
Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil
Translation with Additions of Erasmus' Praise of Folly
The Vanity of Arts and Sciences
Notes

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 Jones, R.M. (2005). Spiritual Reformers in the 16th and 17th Centuries. Wipf & Stock Publishers. p. 60. ISBN 978-1-59752-293-9. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
 Zincgref, Julius Wilhelm (1835). Scharfsinnige Spr;che der Teutschen Apophthegmata genannt.
 Feuerbach, Ludwig (1841). The essence of Christianity.
References
280 Paradoxes or Wondrous Sayings, by Sebastian Franck ISBN 0-88946-814-1
Sebastian Franck (1499–1542), ISBN 3-447-03454-8
Attribution
Wikisource This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Alexander Gordon (1911). "Franck, Sebastian". In Chisholm, Hugh (ed.). Encyclop;dia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. This work in turn cites:
Hauck's Realencyklop;die (1899)
C. A. Hase, Sebastian Franck von W;rd (1869)
J. F. Smith, in Theological Review (April 1874)
E. Tausch, Sebastian Franck von Donauw;rth und seine Lehrer (1893)
External links
Chronika (digital facsimile)
Sebastian Franck in Strasbourg — by Geoffrey Dipple
"Franck Sebastian (1499 1543)". Entry in The Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia.
"Franck, Sebastian" . Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
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Categories: 1499 births1540s deaths16th-century Christian mysticsPeople from Donauw;rthGerman Renaissance humanistsLiterature of the German RenaissanceChristian HebraistsHeidelberg University alumniUniversity of Ingolstadt alumniProtestant mysticsChristian radicals
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