Archive for December, 2008
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Part I: The Prayers of the De Primo Principio, an Anselmian Non-repetition or What?
3 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen October 26th, 2008 in Anselm, Duns ScotusRobert Prentice argues that one of the purposes of Scotus’s De primo principio is to “present a thirteenth century Proslogion.“[1] More precisely, Prentice attempts
“to show the vast influence of St. Anselm’s Proslogion in the compilation of this tract, an influence so consistent throughout its pages that one is entitled to say that Scotus had the [...]
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A Needed Laugh: Presidential Candidates Cut Loose at the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner
0 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen October 18th, 2008 in Humor, MiscellaneousFollowing a long-standing tradition, the two presidential candidates, Barack Obama and John McCain, came together to attend the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation dinner in New York. For a bit of history on the foundation, as well as the dinner, I’ve copied a few paragraphs from the foundation’s website:
Founded by His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman [...]
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Patristic, Medieval and Renaissance Conference
11 Comments Published by Cynthia R. Nielsen October 8th, 2008 in ConferencesI’ll be in Philly this weekend presenting a paper on Scotus at the PMR conference at the Villanova Conference Center. Though the program lists me as presenting on Friday, our session has been moved to Saturday morning at 10:45am. If you plan to attend the conference, please drop by and say hello.
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