The Philosophy Department is pleased to announce its 2016 Aquinas Lecturer and recipient
of its Aquinas Medal: Dr. Eileen Sweeney, UD Class of 1979. Professor Sweeney is an
expert on medieval philosophy, with an emphasis on the thought of the twelfth and
thirteenth centuries. She has written three books and about thirty articles on medieval
philosophers, especially St. Anselm and St. Thomas Aquinas. Her lecture, “Aquinas
as Ecstatic Aristotelian: Literary Reflections on the Summa theologiae,” will explore the ways in which Aristotelian and biblical authorities are deployed
and intertwined in the Summa, stretching, sometimes beyond the breaking point, the Aristotelian notions which
function as the primary vehicle of explanation of the notions of will, passion, and
virtue.
Public Lecture: Thursday, January 28, at 7:30PM in Lynch Auditorium (reception following)
Informal Student Discussion: Friday, January 29, at 12:00PM in Upstairs Haggar Reception
Graduate Seminar: Friday, January 29, at 2:00PM in the Gorman Faculty Lounge
Seminar Texts Here
