Adriaan Pattin (1914–2005) was a Belgian historian of medieval philosophy. His 1966 edition of the

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'', although intended to be "provisional", was for decades the best version available to scholars.

Life

Pattin was born in Hasselt, Belgium, on 17 June 1914 and joined the

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at the age of 19. He made his vows in 1935 and was

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to the priesthood in 1941. In 1947 he graduated Licentiate from the

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in the

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. In 1952 he obtained his doctorate with a thesis on being and essence in the philosophy of

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. He also graduated

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from the

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, where he later returned as a visiting professor. From 1962 until his retirement he was a researcher attached to the De Wulf-Mansion Centre for Ancient and Medieval Philosophy in Leuven. He died in Veurne on 15 August 2005.

Works

* ''De verhouding tussen zijn en wezenheid en de transcendentale relatie in de 2e helft der XIIIe eeuw'' (Brussels, Paleis der Akademiën, 1955) * ''Le Liber de Causis. Edition établie a l'aide de 90 manuscrits avec introduction et notes'', in ''Tijdschrift voor Filosofie'', 28 (1966). * ''Repertorium commentariorum Medii Aevi in Aristotelem latinorum quae in bibliothecis belgicis asservantur'' (

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, 1978) * '' Enkele beschouwingen betreffende de geschiedenis van de theologie en filosofie in de Belgische kloosters vóór 1796'' (Brussels, Algemeen Rijksarchief, 2000)

References

1914 births 2005 deaths Belgian medievalists People from Hasselt Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni University of Ottawa alumni {{Belgium-historian-stub