Gerard Watson
The Reverend Professor Gerard Watson | |
|---|---|
| Died | 24 July 1998 |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Title | Professor of Ancient Classics |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Queen's University Belfast |
| Thesis | The Stoic Theory of Knowledge |
The Reverend Professor Gerard ("Gerry") Watson was an Irish Catholic priest and scholar of classics, theology, and the history of philosophy who died in 1998.[1] He is best known for his book Greek Philosophy and the Christian Notion of God.[2] Other works include The Stoic Theory of Knowledge,[3] Phantasia in Classical Thought,[4] and Plato's Unwritten Teaching.[5] He also published a translation of Augustine's Soliloquies and Immortality of the Soul.[6] In 1978 he was elected to membership in the Royal Irish Academy.
See also
References
- ^ "Rev Prof Gerard Watson". The Irish Times. Dublin: The Irish Times Trust. 1998 [5 August]. ISSN 0791-5144. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
- ^ Watson, Gerard (1999). Greek Philosophy and the Christian Notion of God. International Scholars Publications. ISBN 185607112X.
- ^ Watson, Gerard (1966). The Stoic Theory of Knowledge. Belfast: The Queen's University. ASIN B0000CN6UR.
- ^ Watson, Gerard (1988). Phantasia in Classical Thought. Galway: Galway University Press. ISBN 0907775306.
- ^ Watson, Gerard (1973). Plato's Unwritten Teaching. Dublin: The Talbot Press. ASIN B00T7DWVQW.
- ^ Augustine of Hippo (1 December 1990). Soliloquies and Immortality of the Soul. Translated by . Aris & Phillips. p. 224. ISBN 9780856685064. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
Further reading
- Watson, Gerard (1982). "ΦAnta∑ia In Aristotle, De Anima 3.3". The Classical Quarterly. 32 (1). Cambridge University Press: 100–113. doi:10.1017/S0009838800022849. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
- Watson, Gerard (1982). "Unfair to Proclus?". Phronesis. 27 (1–2). Brill: 101–107. doi:10.1163/156852882X00078. ISSN 0031-8868. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- Watson, Gerard (1963). "Review of W.G. Runciman's Plato's Later Epistemology". Philosophical Studies. 12: 265–266. doi:10.5840/philstudies19631232. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- Watson, Gerard (1985). ""I Doubt, Therefore I Am": St. Augustine and Scepticism". The Maynooth Review / Revieú Mhá Nuad. 12. Maynooth: Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy NUIM: 42–50. ISSN 0332-4869. JSTOR 20556991. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- Watson, Gerard (1982). "St. Augustine's Theory of Language". The Maynooth Review / Revieú Mhá Nuad. 6 (2). Maynooth: Faculty of Arts, Celtic Studies & Philosophy NUIM: 4–20. ISSN 0332-4869. JSTOR 20556950. Retrieved 3 March 2025.
- Watson, Gerard (September 1988). "Book Review: Augustinus-Lexikon Vol. 1, Fasc. 1/2. Edited by C. Mayer et al. Basel/Stuttgart: Verlag Schwabe & Co. AG, 1986". Irish Theological Quarterly. 54 (3). Sage Journals: 242–244. doi:10.1177/002114008805400307. ISSN 0021-1400. OCLC 60626549. Retrieved 3 March 2025. (Review of the first fascicle of the Augustinus-Lexikon.)