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| - Encyclopedism is an outlook that aims to include a wide range of knowledge in a single work. The term covers both encyclopedias themselves and related genres in which comprehensiveness is a notable feature. The word encyclopedia is a Latinization of the Greek enkýklios paideía, which means all-around education. The encyclopedia is "one of the few generalizing influences in a world of overspecialization. It serves to recall that knowledge has unity," according to , editor of Collier's Encyclopedia. It should not be "a miscellany, but a concentration, a clarification, and a synthesis", according to British writer H. G. Wells. (en)
- El enciclopedismo es una perspectiva que tiene como objetivo incluir una amplia gama de conocimientos en una sola obra. El término cubre tanto las enciclopedias como los géneros relacionados en los cuales la exhaustividad es una característica notable. La palabra enciclopedia es una latinización del griego enkýklios paideía, que significa educación integral. La enciclopedia es "una de las pocas influencias generalizadoras en un mundo de sobre especialización. Sirve para recordar que el conocimiento tiene unidad", según Lewis Shore, editor de la Enciclopedia de Collier. No debería ser "una mezcla, sino una concentración, una aclaración y una síntesis", según el escritor británico H.G. Wells. (es)
- L'Enciclopedismo è una prospettiva che punta ad includere un ampio spettro di conoscenze in una singola opera. Il termine comprende, sia le enciclopedie vere e proprie, che i generi relativi, nei quali la capacità di comprendere abbracciare tutta la conoscenza è una caratteristica specifica. Enciclopedia, è una latinizzazione del greco "έγχύχλιος παιδεία" ('enkýklios paideía), che significa "istruzione circolare, insieme di dottrine che formano un’educazione completa".. Per lo scrittore britannico H.G. Wells, non dovrebbe essere "una miscellanea, ma una concentrazione, una chiarificazione, e una sintesi della conoscenza". (it)
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| - Encyclopedism is an outlook that aims to include a wide range of knowledge in a single work. The term covers both encyclopedias themselves and related genres in which comprehensiveness is a notable feature. The word encyclopedia is a Latinization of the Greek enkýklios paideía, which means all-around education. The encyclopedia is "one of the few generalizing influences in a world of overspecialization. It serves to recall that knowledge has unity," according to , editor of Collier's Encyclopedia. It should not be "a miscellany, but a concentration, a clarification, and a synthesis", according to British writer H. G. Wells. Besides comprehensiveness, encyclopedic writing is distinguished by its lack of a specific audience or practical application. The author explains facts concisely for the benefit of a reader who will then use the information in a way that the writer does not try to anticipate. Early examples of encyclopedic writing include discussions of agriculture and craft by Roman writers such as Pliny the Elder and Varro – discussions presumably not intended as practical advice to farmers or craftsmen. The vast majority of classical learning was lost during the Dark Ages. This enhanced the status of encyclopedic works which survived, including those of Aristotle and Pliny. With the development of printing in the 15th century, the range of knowledge available to readers expanded greatly. Encyclopedic writing became both a practical necessity and a clearly distinguished genre. Renaissance encyclopedists were keenly aware of how much classical learning had been lost. They hoped to recover and record knowledge and were anxious to prevent further loss. In their modern form, encyclopedias consist of alphabetized articles written by teams of specialists. This format was developed in the 18th century by expanding the technical dictionary to include non-technical topics. The Encyclopédie (1751–1772), edited by Diderot and D'Alembert, was a model for many later works. Like Renaissance encyclopedists, Diderot worried about the possible destruction of civilization and selected knowledge he hoped would survive. (en)
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