Aquinas Institute, Oxford
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Our Institute has been promoting knowledge of Thomas Aquinas’ teaching and his legacy, and research into his ideas and their contemporary value, since 2004.
fostering the exchange of ideas
Located in the University of Oxford, we help introduce Aquinas to new scholars in various disciplines, and contribute to the exchange of ideas in this world-class University by bringing international..
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
2y ago
From a day conference on the philosophy of Herbert McCabe, OP to mark the twentieth anniversary of his death ..read more
Rev Prof Michael Sherwin, OP - Integrated Humanities Programmes & the Renewal of Catholic Education
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
2y ago
Rev Prof Michael Sherwin, OP on "Integrated Humanities Programmes & the Renewal of Catholic Education" part of the 2021 Aquinas Seminar Series on the theme De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person, exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person. A copy of the slides from the lecture are available here: https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Blackfriars-Talk-handout.pdf ..read more
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
2y ago
A special lecture from November 2018 from Prof Roger Pouivet.
Art and the Desire for God - A Thomistic Perspective in Aesthetics
Many philosophers claim that philosophy must question the nature of “aesthetic experience” Consequently, “Aesthetics” is mainly devoted to the description of this assumed aesthetic experience. My intention now is to try to show that this modern account, defining a large part of Aesthetics as a discipline, does not allow a correct description of our aesthetic life. Criticism of this modern and contemporary conception will be followed by the defence of a completely dif ..read more
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
2y ago
Rev Prof Vivian Boland, OP, "Can Aquinas’s sana doctrina on Learning and Teaching Be Extracted from Its Place in sacra doctrina?" part of the 2021 Aquinas Seminar Series on the theme De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person, exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person ..read more
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
2y ago
Rev Dr David Goodill, OP "Wittgenstein, Training, and Habits" part of the 2021 Aquinas Seminar Series on the theme De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person, exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person ..read more
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
2y ago
Dr Zena Hitz (St John’s College, Annapolis) “The Spontaneity of the Mind and the Desire to Learn” part of the 2021 Aquinas Seminar Series on the theme De Magistro: Aquinas and the Education of the Whole Person, exploring what Aquinas offers towards a philosophy and praxis of education, bringing him into conversation with other thinkers and with movements towards educating the whole person ..read more
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
2y ago
Part of a seminar series organised in collaboration with the Anscombe Centre for Bioethics ..read more
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
2y ago
The first of a series of research seminars run in collaboration with the Anscombe Centre for Bioethics on natural law ..read more
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
3y ago
Christian Narratives & the Well-Lived Life: Thomistic Reflections
The 2021 Aquinas Lecture was given by Professor Mark Wynn, Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion, Oxford on 'Christian narratives and the well-lived life: Thomistic reflections ..read more
Aquinas Institute, Oxford
3y ago
A paper given at a special colloquium on Biblical Thomism ..read more