Donald Phillip Verene (born October 24, 1937) is an

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professor and author. He is the Charles Howard Candler Professor of

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and

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. at Emory University

Early life and education

Donald Verene was born in Galesburg,

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. He studied at Knox College in his hometown, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1959. He earned his doctorate in philosophy at

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in 1964. Verene is married to Molly Black Verene. Their son

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is a photographer.

Career

Verene is a lecturing academic at Emory University. He was Editor of ''

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'' from 1976 to 1987.People
at the Center for Vico Studies, Emory University From 1982 to 1988, he was the Chair of Emory's Department of Philosophy. Considered a worldwide authority on

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, he leads Emory's Center for Vico Studies and edits '' New Vico Studies''. His wife, Molly Black Verene, serves as Assistant Director of the Center. He also serves on the Board of Visitors for

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, a start-up

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. Verene was a visiting fellow at Pembroke College,

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in 1988. He was a visiting scholar at ''La Sapienza'' University of Rome in 1996. He is also a Fellow of the

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Publications

Verene is the author o
''Vico’s Science of Imagination''
(Cornell, 1992) and ''Philosophy and the Return to Self-Knowledge'' (Yale, 1997).Dodson, Kevin E. (March 31, 1999). "Philosophy and the Return to Self-Knowledge" (book review). ''

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'' (0034-6632), 52 (3), p. 731. Other publications written by Verene include:
''Vico and Joyce
' (Cornell 1987)
''Hegel’s Recollection: A Study of Images in the Phenomenology of Spirit''
(SUNY, 1985)
''The Art of Humane Education''
(Cornell, 2002)
''The History of Philosophy: A Reader's Guide Including a List of 100 Great Philosophical Works from the Pre-Socratics to the Mid-Twentieth Century''
(Northwestern, 2008)

References

External links

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''Vico and Joyce''
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