Introduction To Saint Thomas Aquinas 1948 Anton C Pegis The Modern Library
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Introduction To Saint Thomas Aquinas 1948 Anton C Pegis The Modern Library. Hinges slightly loosening, Cloth boards have minor wear, overall good plus condition - see my 8 photos.
Anton Charles Pegis (1905-1978) was a colleague of Etienne Gilson itt their work of the revival ofThomism. His death some twenty-five years· ago ended a collaboration that extended over some forty years, and while Gilson's baton has been taken up by others, it is fitting that wo...rk be remembered on this quarter century anniversary of his death, ironically in the same year as his cher mattre Gilson.Pegis was born in Milwaukee to the parents of Greek descent whO: provided their son with an education in the Greek language thus, as Armand Maurer says in his obituary, "giving him an invaluable tool for. his future studies in philosophy."·Pegis received his B.A. from Marquette University in 1928 and his M.A. in 1929 while doing graduate work as well with the University of Chicago professors Paul Shorey on Plato and Aristotle, and Carl Buck on ancient Greek dialects. "These professors instilled in him a profound love of Greek literature and philosophy which remained throughout his. life."In the fall of 1929 Pegis came to the newly founded Institute of· Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, where he began his medieval research. under the direction of Fr. Gerald B. Phelan and Etienne Gilson. He received his Ph. D. in 1931 from the University of Toronto and began teaching the same year at Marquette. His dissertation, The Problem ofthe· Soul in the Thirteenth Century, was published in 1934 in the St. Michael's College series, Mediaeval Studies. In 1937, he joined the graduate faculty of Fordham University and in the mid-1940's he became a member of the staff of the now Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies teaching alternative two week sessions at Toronto and New York.
Anton Charles Pegis (1905-1978) was a colleague of Etienne Gilson itt their work of the revival ofThomism. His death some twenty-five years· ago ended a collaboration that extended over some forty years, and while Gilson's baton has been taken up by others, it is fitting that wo...rk be remembered on this quarter century anniversary of his death, ironically in the same year as his cher mattre Gilson.Pegis was born in Milwaukee to the parents of Greek descent whO: provided their son with an education in the Greek language thus, as Armand Maurer says in his obituary, "giving him an invaluable tool for. his future studies in philosophy."·Pegis received his B.A. from Marquette University in 1928 and his M.A. in 1929 while doing graduate work as well with the University of Chicago professors Paul Shorey on Plato and Aristotle, and Carl Buck on ancient Greek dialects. "These professors instilled in him a profound love of Greek literature and philosophy which remained throughout his. life."In the fall of 1929 Pegis came to the newly founded Institute of· Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, where he began his medieval research. under the direction of Fr. Gerald B. Phelan and Etienne Gilson. He received his Ph. D. in 1931 from the University of Toronto and began teaching the same year at Marquette. His dissertation, The Problem ofthe· Soul in the Thirteenth Century, was published in 1934 in the St. Michael's College series, Mediaeval Studies. In 1937, he joined the graduate faculty of Fordham University and in the mid-1940's he became a member of the staff of the now Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies teaching alternative two week sessions at Toronto and New York.
