Voluntary Action in Aristotle: Aquinas' Calm Interpretation

487 Michigan Ave NE,Washington DC 20017

27 January, 2022

Description

An annual lecture in honor of St. Thomas Aquinas held at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, DC. About the speaker: Fr. Kevin L. Flannery SJ, is from Cleveland, Ohio, and entered the Society of Jesus in 1977. In 1992 he began teaching at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, serving as Dean of the Philosophy Faculty from 1999 until September of 2005; he continues now as Ordinary Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy. He is also an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. His recent publications include Cooperation with Evil: Thomistic Tools of Analysis (Catholic University of America Press, 2019) and Action and Character according to Aristotle: The logic of the moral life (Catholic University of America Press, 2013). The Thomistic Institute exists to promote Catholic truth in our contemporary world by strengthening the intellectual formation of Christians at universities, in the Church, and in the wider public square. The thought of St. Thomas Aquinas, the Universal Doctor of the Church, is our touchstone.  The TI is an academic institute of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C.   You can find all of the Thomistic Institute lecture recordings on https://soundcloud.com/thomisticinstitute or through the Apple Podcast by searching "Thomsitic Institute."