Princely Academy of Iași

About Princely Academy of Iași

According to Wikipedia, The Princely Academy of Iași was an institution of higher learning, active in the 18th and 19th centuries. History Founded in Iași by the Prince Antioh Cantemir in 1707, the Academy symbolically continued the Academia Vasiliană, although no direct link exists between the two similar institutions. The main reformer of the Academy was Grigore III Ghica , who modernised it as to compete with the European universities. The studies were done in Greek language, and for the better part of the 18th century they were basically Aristotelian. Beginning with the 1760s a series of enlightened directors introduced into the Academy the study of mathematics, natural sciences and modern philosophy, translating and adapting European handbooks.