Joaquim Carreras i Artau, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Spanish philosopher
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Place of Birth: Girona, Catalonia, Spain
About Joaquim Carreras i Artau
- Joaquim Carreras i Artau (August 14, 1894 in Girona – August 12, 1968 in Tiana, Barcelona) was a Catalan philosopher. He began his studies of scholastic philosophy at the Girona Seminary, where he stayed for ten years.
- Later he graduated from the University of Barcelona with BAs in Law and Philosophy.
- The thesis Ensayo sobre el voluntarismo de J.
- Duns Scoto gave him a Doctorate in Philosophy at the University of Madrid.
- He taught both at secondary schools and at the University of Barcelona from 1939 to 1964, first as a teaching assistant and, for the last twelve years, as professor. He devoted himself intensely to the historical and philosophical research.
- Among his more important contributions, is his research on Ramon Llull and, especially, on Arnau de Vilanova. These form part of the work of Historia de la filosofia española: filosofia cristiana de los siglos XIII al XV (published between 1934–43), which he wrote in collaboration with his brother Tomàs Carreras i Artau, who was a philosopher and professor of Ethics.
- Both were awarded with the “Premio de la AsociaciĂłn Española para el Progreso de las Ciencias”. He was a member of the Science Section of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans (1944) and the Reial Academia de Bones Lletres of Barcelona (1955), chairman of the SocietĂ© Internationale pour l’Étude de la Philosophie mĂ©diĂ©vale (1964) and teacher of the Escola Lul.lĂstica of Mallorca. Other work includes La filosofĂa universitaria en Catalunya durante el segundo tercio del s.
- XIX (1964) and a great number of studies on Arnau de Vilanova, along with critical editions of his spiritual works.
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