Cyril Barrett
Father Cyril Barrett , SJ (born May 9, 1925 in Dublin as Denis Cyril Barrett ; † December 30, 2003 there ) was an Irish Jesuit , philosopher and art critic .
Life
Barrett was a son of Denis and Lily (nee Kearney) Barrett; they lived in Booterstown . His father was an assistant cop with the Dublin Metropolitan Police . His mother died when he was three years old; the widower remarried. Barrett attended schools in Killashee, Naas ( County Kildare ), Ampleforth College ( North Yorkshire ) and Clongowes Wood College (Country Kildare). He joined the Society of Jesus in 1942, was ordained a priest in 1956 and finally took his vows in 1960 .
Barrett studied art at University College Dublin , philosophy in Tullabeg ( County Offaly ) and theology in Milltown Park (Dublin) . His Ph.D. he graduated from the University of London in 1964 . He then taught philosophy in Chantilly ( France ) and at the University of Warwick ; there he was one of the two founding fathers of the Philosophical Seminary. He stayed there until his retirement in 1992. As a retired student, he was a tutor at Campion Hall ( University of Oxford ) for ten years .
Barrett received an honorary doctorate from Hong Kong University in 1983 .
Fonts
- with Tom Winnifrith: The Philosophy of Leisure . Palgrave Macmillan, London 1989.
- Op Art . Viking Press, New York, 1970. (German: DuMont, Cologne, 1974 ISBN 978-3-77010789-6 )
- Collected Papers in Aesthetics . Blackwell, Oxford 1965.
Individual evidence
- ↑ https://www.irishtimes.com/news/father-cyril-barrett-sj-philosopher-with-heart-for-modern-art-1.1129630
- ↑ http://www.irishphilosophy.com/2014/09/27/aesthetics-art-wittgenstein/#more-4977
- ↑ https://www4.hku.hk/hongrads/index.php/archive/graduate_detail/227
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barrett, Cyril |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish philosopher and art critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 9, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 2003 |
| Place of death | Dublin |