Thomas Finan
Biographic Data
| ID | 5664072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Finan |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Finan |
| SIGNATURE | FINAN T |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 9 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1960 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Nation in Medieval Ireland? Perspectives on Gaelic National Identity in the Middle Ages
This study investigates the nation and nationalism, national ideology, and national identity in Ireland during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The study aims to explore whether such terms as "nation "or "nationalism " may be applied to medieval Ireland. While many historians and sociologists argue that the nation may exist only in the modern world with the advent of the nation-state, others have shown that, at least, ethnic groups which …
Lettre Éditoriale
International Thomas More Conference
“I lisped in numbers”
The first part of this article describes the structure and content of CWE 85 and 86 and outlines the successive stages and themes that emerge from the career of Erasmus as a poet. The second part briefly evaluates the quality of Erasmus’ poetry, principally on the basis of “On the Troubles or Old Age”, as a long, mature, and representative sample. For this evaluation the reviewer comments on what is said in CWE 85 about the Classical and Renaissa…
International Thomas More Conference
Homage to W.J. Kinsella
The article recalls some notable Irish contributors to the modern revival and continuation of interest in Thomas More. It begins with a commemoration of William J. Kinsella, late president of the Thomas More Society of Ireland. It goes on to recall briefly the contributions of a number of distinguished Irish-born lawyers since the nineteenth century. All those students of More had one thing in common: they saw in him a man of special interest for…
Non in Dialectica
Manfred Hoffmann starts from a twofold constatation. Erasmus rejected the scholastics’ theological method, i.e. the deriving of cogent conclusions from metaphysical principles by syllogistic, dialectical reasoning. In his own “theology” Erasmus reverts to the literary hermeneutics of Classical and patristic “rhetoric”. Hoffmann examines how Erasmus thus constructs a distinct theological framework and a distinct “rhetorical theology”. The present …
Greek Myths and Christian Mystery
Hellenistic Humanism in the Book of Wisdom
Hellenistic Humanism in the Book of Wisdom
Greek Myths and Christian Mystery
Non in Dialectica
Manfred Hoffmann starts from a twofold constatation. Erasmus rejected the scholastics’ theological method, i.e. the deriving of cogent conclusions from metaphysical principles by syllogistic, dialectical reasoning. In his own “theology” Erasmus reverts to the literary hermeneutics of Classical and patristic “rhetoric”. Hoffmann examines how Erasmus thus constructs a distinct theological framework and a distinct “rhetorical theology”. The present …
“I lisped in numbers”
The first part of this article describes the structure and content of CWE 85 and 86 and outlines the successive stages and themes that emerge from the career of Erasmus as a poet. The second part briefly evaluates the quality of Erasmus’ poetry, principally on the basis of “On the Troubles or Old Age”, as a long, mature, and representative sample. For this evaluation the reviewer comments on what is said in CWE 85 about the Classical and Renaissa…
International Thomas More Conference
Homage to W.J. Kinsella
The article recalls some notable Irish contributors to the modern revival and continuation of interest in Thomas More. It begins with a commemoration of William J. Kinsella, late president of the Thomas More Society of Ireland. It goes on to recall briefly the contributions of a number of distinguished Irish-born lawyers since the nineteenth century. All those students of More had one thing in common: they saw in him a man of special interest for…
International Thomas More Conference
Lettre Éditoriale
A Nation in Medieval Ireland? Perspectives on Gaelic National Identity in the Middle Ages
This study investigates the nation and nationalism, national ideology, and national identity in Ireland during the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The study aims to explore whether such terms as "nation "or "nationalism " may be applied to medieval Ireland. While many historians and sociologists argue that the nation may exist only in the modern world with the advent of the nation-state, others have shown that, at least, ethnic groups which …
Philosophy (5 works) · Art (4 works) · History (4 works) · Linguistics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Art history (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · Sociology (3 works)