“…The curriculum included philosophy, Latin, Greek, modern languages, history, geography, mathematics, and physics; Purkinje was most interested in studying the natural sciences. [1][2][3][4][5] Purkinje became a novice in the Piarist order and took the name Silverius, but instead of becoming a priest, he left the order in 1807 and returned home. The chronicle of the monastery in Litomysl includes a record of the event: "Cleric Silverius Purkinje left our institute and went to his hometown Libochovice" (translated from Latin).…”