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Aquinas on the Final Purpose of Human Existence and Human Prudence

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University of Texas at Austin

The Thomistic Institute at the University of Texas at Austin and the Austin Institute present a lecture by Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. of the Angelicum titled “Aquinas on the Final Purpose of Human Existence and Human Prudence.”

This lecture will be on Zoom. Register below for access. The Austin Institute will host a live screening of the lecture at Stumberg Hall (3206 Fairfax Walk | Austin, TX 78705).

Thursday, November 19th

12:00 pm CST

This lecture is free and open to the public.

About the speaker:

Fr. Thomas Joseph White, O.P. is the Director of the Thomistic Institute at the Angelicum. He did his doctoral studies at Oxford University and has research interests in metaphysics, Christology, Trinitarian theology, and the theology of grace. His books include The Incarnate Lord, A Thomistic Study in Christology (2015) and The Light of Christ: An Introduction to Catholicism (2017). He is co-editor of the academic journal Nova et Vetera and in 2011 was appointed an ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of St. Thomas Aquinas. In 2019 Fr. White was named a McDonald Agape Foundation Distinguished Scholar.

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