Jean-Yves Jolif
Jean Jolif , religious name Yves , OP (born January 25, 1923 in Rennes , Département Ille-et-Vilaine , † July 5, 1979 in Lyon , Rhône) was a French Dominican and translator from ancient Greek .
He was ordained in the following order: Vestition for the Province of Lyon: September 8, 1942 in Angers; simple profession : September 9, 1942 in Angers; solemn profession: December 22, 1947 in Angers; Ordained priest : July 5, 1949.
As a theologian, he became a professor at the Université catholique de Lyon . Together with his brother René Antoine Gauthier , he edited the Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle in a translation and a commentary of almost a thousand pages.
Fonts (selection)
- René Antoine Gauthier (OP) and Jean Yves Jolif (OP): L 'Éthique à Nicomaque. Introduction, traduction et commentaire. T. I: Introduction et traduction . Publications Universitaires, Louvain; B. Nauwelaerts, Paris 1959. - Review by Édouard des Places , in: L'antiquité classique 28, 1959, pp. 366–367, (online)
- René Antoine Gauthier (OP) and Jean Yves Jolif (OP): L 'Éthique à Nicomaque. Introduction, traduction et commentaire. T. II: Commentaire . Publications Universitaires, Louvain; B. Nauwelaerts, Paris 1959. - Review by Édouard des Places, in: L'antiquité classique 29, 1960, p. 457, (online)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jean-Yves Jolif in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Jolif Jean-Yves, in: Dictionnaire biographique des frères prêcheurs [online], Notices biographiques, J, online November 11, 2014, last accessed August 21, 2015, (online)
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| SURNAME | Jolif, Jean-Yves |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jolif, Jean (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Dominican and translator from Ancient Greek |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rennes , Ille-et-Vilaine department |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th July 1979 |
| Place of death | Lyon |