Literary notes about docent (AI summary)
The term “docent” is portrayed in literature as a multifaceted figure, typically embodying the roles of teacher, lecturer, or guide within academic and cultural realms. In many accounts, it signifies a transitional academic rank—often as a Privat-Docent—representing the early stages of a scholarly career before attaining full professorship [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]. In other contexts, it extends beyond the lecture hall, evoking images of a knowledgeable guide in museums or public institutions, leading audiences through curated galleries or cultural narratives [7, 8, 9, 10]. Latin quotations further reinforce this connection between teaching and learning, highlighting the enduring intellectual tradition underlying the term [11, 12].
- Rudolf Otto, born in 1869, is Privat-Docent at Göttingen.
— from The Quest of the Historical Jesus A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede by Albert Schweitzer - Gerhardt had resigned his professorship at Montpellier, and was teaching philosophy and chemistry as privat docent in Paris.
— from Appletons' Popular Science Monthly, January 1899Volume LIV, No. 3, January 1899 by Various - —In 1802 he took the first step in his academic career as Privat Docent at the university of Göttingen.
— from History of Education by Levi Seeley - Until his call to Jena he worked as a Privat-Docent at Bonn.
— from The Quest of the Historical Jesus A Critical Study of its Progress from Reimarus to Wrede by Albert Schweitzer - [117] The Privat Docent is the first step in the professor's career in the German university.
— from History of Education by Levi Seeley - For a few years he was a Privat-docent at Berlin; then he went to Königsberg as Professor of Zoology and Embryology.
— from The Last Link: Our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man by Ernst Haeckel - Doctor Norbert Hanold, docent of archæology, really found in the relief nothing noteworthy for his science.
— from Delusion and Dream : an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of Gradiva by Sigmund Freud - “Doctor Norbert Hanold, docent of archæology, really found in the relief nothing noteworthy for his science.” ( Gradiva , p. 14.)
— from Delusion and Dream : an Interpretation in the Light of Psychoanalysis of Gradiva by Sigmund Freud - Visitors wishing docent service, or guidance through the galleries, should make application at the Information Desk. COPYING AND PHOTOGRAPHING.
— from Handbook of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts With 143 Illustrations by Harry B. (Harry Brandeis) Wehle - The docent-work in the museums is a recent undertaking of considerable importance.
— from Problems of Conduct: An Introductory Survey of Ethics by Durant Drake - [Lat][Vergil]; docendo discimus[Lat]; quaenocent docent[Lat]; qui docet discit[Latin]; "sermons in stones and good in everything"
— from Roget's Thesaurus by Peter Mark Roget - 349 dum docent, discunt , Sen. E. 7, 8, while they are teaching, they are learning , or, by teaching they learn .
— from A Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges by George Martin Lane
