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    Jan A. Aertsen

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    Jan A. Aertsen
    Born7 September 1938[1]
    Amsterdam, Netherlands
    Died7 January 2016 (2016-01-08) (aged 77)[1]
    NationalityDutch
    Academic background
    EducationVrije Universiteit Amsterdam (PhD)
    Academic work
    Discipline
    • Philosophy
    • Theology
    Sub-discipline
    • Thomism
    Institutions
    • University of Cologne
    • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

    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]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 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.
    2. ^ a b c d "In memoriam. Jan A. Aertsen". Philosophia. November 2016. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
    3. ^ "Thomas offers a very attractive model of Christian intellectuality - Interview with Jan Aertsen". Thomasintiuut.org. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

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