Heythrop, Copleston, and the Jesuit Contribution to Philosophy1. (9th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Haldane, John
• Is Part Of: Philosophy. Volume 91:Number 4(2016)
• Page Start: 559
• Page End: 589
• Publication Date: 2016-09-09
• Subjects: Philosophy -- Periodicals; 100
• DOI: 10.1017/S0031819116000383
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0031-8191

Abstract

Abstract: There has been public outcry from philosophers and others at the prospect of the closure of Heythrop College, University of London; yet the nature and history of Heythrop remain little known. It is apt and timely, therefore, as its likely dissolution approaches, to provide a brief account of its origins and development up to and including the period of its entry into London University under the leadership of the most famous modern historian of philosophy Frederick Copleston. Following on from this, the idea of a distinctive Jesuit intellectual tradition, and more specifically of the Jesuit contribution to philosophy, is explored.