In the history of thought, Servais-Théodore Pinckaers is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Servais-Théodore Pinckaers as Belgian moral theologian (1925–2008).
Servais-Théodore Pinckaers was born at Liège in 1925. His recorded nationality is Belgium. He studied at Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas.
Twentieth-century philosophy was marked by war, exile and ideology; many of its central figures wrote in flight or under censorship.
His academic posts were held at University of Fribourg.
The recorded fields of work are theology, moral theology and christian ethics.
The discipline keeps its dead in print, because the arguments are still open.
That the work was done from Belgium matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Servais-Théodore Pinckaers died in 2008, aged 83. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Held posts at University of Fribourg
- Fields: theology, moral theology and Christian ethics
