Jan A. Aertsen
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Born | 7 September 1938[1] |
Died | 7 January 2016[1] | (aged 77)
Nationality | Dutch |
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Education | Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam(PhD) |
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Jan Adrianus Aertsen(7 September 1938 – 7 January 2016) was a Dutch philosopher and theologian.[2]Born inAmsterdam,Aertsen received hisPhDtitle at theVrije Universiteit Amsterdamand taught there from 1984 up to his death.[2]From 1993 to 2004, he served as a professor at theUniversity of Cologne,and was the founding director of Thomas Instituut teUtrecht.[2][3]He wrote several works onThomism,starting from his doctoral thesis,Nature and Creature. Thomas Aquinas’s Way of Thought(1988), published in Dutch four years later.[2]
References
[edit]- ^abGoris, Wouter; Speer, Andreas; Steel, Carlos (2016)."In memoriam: Jan A. Aertsen".Tijdschrift voor Filosofie.78(1): 227–233.doi:10.2143/TVF.78.1.3157080.JSTOR26493622.
- ^abcd"In memoriam. Jan A. Aertsen".Philosophia.November 2016.Retrieved28 June2022.
- ^"Thomas offers a very attractive model of Christian intellectuality - Interview with Jan Aertsen".Thomasintiuut.org.Retrieved28 June2022.
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