Jan A. Aertsen | |
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| Born | 7 September 1938[1] |
| Died | 7 January 2016 (aged 77)[1] |
| 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 in Amsterdam, Aertsen received his PhD title at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and taught there from 1984 up to his death.[2] From 1993 to 2004, he served as a professor at the University of Cologne, and was the founding director of Thomas Instituut te Utrecht.[2][3] He wrote several works on Thomism, starting from his doctoral thesis, Nature and Creature. Thomas Aquinas’s Way of Thought (1988), published in Dutch four years later.[2]
- ^ a b Goris, 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. JSTOR 26493622.
- ^ a b c d "In memoriam. Jan A. Aertsen". Philosophia. November 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Thomas offers a very attractive model of Christian intellectuality - Interview with Jan Aertsen". Thomasintiuut.org. Retrieved 28 June 2022.