So, why is the treatise in German? What is the motive? There is a blog, published in a Scandinavian language. My sense of that is also:why? Vinco does not sound German. If the work were in French, I might make sense of it. Spanish? Lo mismo, o, un poco--a veces. But not German, nien, or is that, nein, vous comprenez?
Vinco is Italian, but he has been teaching in Germany for years. He is now at Heidelberg. So his publications are mostly in German, and this paper is published in one of many German academic journals.
It is not uncommon for European scholars to know multiple languages. That is less true in the USA, but many know at least two besides their native English. Prof. Don Prudlo of the Catholic Studies Center at the University of Tulsa and author of the best biography of St Thomas Aquinas in the English language, is proficient in French, German, Italian Greek and Latin. The Christian philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig is proficient in French, German, Latin and Greek.
Danke. Vergessen Deutsch
ReplyDeleteEd, Your writings are getting wide readership. The only German Thomistic philosopher I know is Joseph Pieper, who books are in English.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of German, one day there will be a book, a "Festschrift," essays in honor of Prof. Feser.
ReplyDeleteMeine Frau ist vielleicht interessiert. Sie hat schon Five Proofs in deutsch gelesen. Aber mein deutsch ist jetzt nicht gut genug.
ReplyDeleteDanke sehr.
I need to look that one up, before I search for a translation of the author's work. Neo-scholastic Metaphysics is unfamiliar.
ReplyDeleteI guess I might have known Davidson was important here. However, I am not a Davidson scholar. So many philosophers---so little time. Thanks, Dr.
ReplyDeleteSo, why is the treatise in German? What is the motive?
ReplyDeleteThere is a blog, published in a Scandinavian language. My sense of that is also:why? Vinco does not sound German. If the work were in French, I might make sense of it. Spanish? Lo mismo, o, un poco--a veces. But not German, nien, or is that, nein, vous comprenez?
Paul,
ReplyDeleteProf. Roberto Vinco is on the faculty of the University of Heidelberg in Germany. He is fluent in English, Italian, French and German.
Vinco is Italian, but he has been teaching in Germany for years. He is now at Heidelberg. So his publications are mostly in German, and this paper is published in one of many German academic journals.
ReplyDeleteIt is not uncommon for European scholars to know multiple languages. That is less true in the USA, but many know at least two besides their native English. Prof. Don Prudlo of the Catholic Studies Center at the University of Tulsa and author of the best biography of St Thomas Aquinas in the English language, is proficient in French, German, Italian Greek and Latin.
ReplyDeleteThe Christian philosopher and theologian William Lane Craig is proficient in French, German, Latin and Greek.