David Burrell, C.S.C.

Burrell David Burrell is American and lives between Notre Dame, Indiana, and Dakka, Bengladesh.

He teaches philosophy at the University of Notre Dame and works on Abrahamic religions’ comparative theology.

Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019

Library open - المكتبة مفتوحة - Bibliothèque ouverte
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
IDEO seminar: Ibn Taymiyya and the God of the philosophers
Tuesday, April 23rd, 2019 @ 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm — place

Brother Adrien Candiard, PhD candidate and IDEO member, will present a lecture on the topic: “Ibn Taymiyya and the God of the philosophers”.

Refuting precisely, in his Darʾ taʿāruḍ al-ʿaql wa-l-naql, a text of the Aristotelian philosopher Ṯābit Ibn Qurra (d. in 288/901), Ibn Taymiyya faces a critical question: can we understand God through the Greek philosophical heritage?

Seminar in English
Please kindly note that the door closes at 5:30 pm
Attendance is free of charge
IDEO adress:
1, al-Tarabichi street, Midan el-Gheish underground station (third line), Abbasiyyah

Wednesday, April 24th, 2019

Thursday, April 25th, 2019

Dominican Institute for Oriental Studies