| WHAT: | Lecture: God in and out of Philosophy Father Kurt Pritzl, O.P., Chair in Philosophy Inaugural Lecture |
| WHEN: | Thursday, Feb. 9, at 4:15 p.m. |
| WHERE: | The Catholic University of America Edward J. Pryzbyla University Center, Great Room 620 Michigan Ave. N.E. Washington, D.C. |
| DETAILS | John Rist, the first Father Kurt Pritzl, O.P., Chair in Philosophy, will deliver the inaugural Pritzl lecture, "God in and out of Philosophy," on Feb. 9. "With reference to the current state of philosophy and of the origins of that state, I shall ask whether the phrase 'Catholic philosopher' is a contradiction in terms," Rist says about the lecture. "In answering that question I shall examine what are - and what should be - the similarities and dissimilarities between secular and Catholic practice in facing a number of important philosophical problems." Rist assumed the Pritzl Chair in January. His interests include ancient Greek philosophy, Hellenistic philosophy, Plotinus and Neoplatonism, Greek and Roman Patristics, and medieval philosophy. He has written extensively on ethics and is the author of 14 books and more than 100 scholarly essays and articles. His most recent book, Plato's Moral Philosophy, The Discovery of the Presuppositions of Ethics, will be published by The Catholic University of America Press this spring. The lecture is free and open to the public. For more information or to request disability accommodations, contact Melissa Grim at 202-319-5260. |
| SPONSOR: | School of Philosophy |