Academic Freedom

…After the Renaissance, as academic fields developed and differentiated, academies of natural sciences and fine arts were also established, and during the 18th century Enlightenment, academies were established in European countries to integrate all academic arts and sciences, which helped to raise the level and authority of the arts and sciences. Freedom of academic research was guaranteed, and the idea of ​​academic freedom gradually became established. On the other hand, the mental attitude of seeking truth for the sake of truth, away from the secular world, lost contact with reality and became lofty, and a self-righteous attitude of academic supremacy was born, resting on its authority, and abstract theory and pedantic attitudes in the ivory tower became prominent. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "academic freedom" is listed below.

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…ルネサンス以降，学問の発展，分化に伴い，自然科学や美術のアカデミーもつくられ，18世紀啓蒙期にはすべての学問芸術arts and sciencesを総合するものとしてのアカデミーがヨーロッパ諸国につくられ，学芸の水準と権威を高めることに役だった。そこでは，学問研究の自由が保障され，アカデミック･フリーダム(学問の自由)の観念もしだいに定着していく。他方で，世俗を離れての，真理のための真理探究の精神態度は，現実との接点を失って高踏化し，その権威に安住して学問至上主義的独善的態度も生まれ，〈象牙の塔ivory tower〉にこもっての抽象的空論や衒学（げんがく）的態度が目だつようになってくる。…

※「アカデミック・フリーダム」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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