Milan Machovec and František Palacký and variations upon the theme of human felicity

Abstract

This introduction of the monograph František Palacký and Czech philosophy written by Milan Machovec is composed of the following parts:

1. In the track of Zdeněk Nejedlý.

2. From Nejedlý to the history of Czech philosophy.

3. František Palacký as a philosophical theme.

4. From Palacký beyond Josef Dobrovský up to T. G. Masaryk.

5. Palacký as legacy of Machovec. Author of this study stresses ability of Milan Machovec (1925 -

2003) to narrate his topic with phenomenal imaginativeness.

Keywords

• Palacký
• Machovec
• human felicity