Thomas De Koninck

Thomas De Koninck (born 1934, Leuven, Belgium) is a philosopher from Québec.

After studying at Oxford (M.A.), Université Laval (Ph.D), and Freie Universität Berlin, he became Professor at University of Notre Dame (1960-1964) in the United States and at Université Laval (1964 - ) in Québec. According to a well known rumor, he would have inspired Antoine de Saint-Exupery for the creation of The Little Prince when Saint-Exupery was living in the house of Charles De Koninck in Québec city, in 1942.[1]

Books of Thomas De Koninck

Books and papers on Thomas De Koninck

Honors

References

  1. http://therumpus.net/2014/06/hunting-for-the-little-prince/ and Jean-François Mattéi and Jean-Marc Narbonne (ed.), La transcendance de l'homme : études en hommage à Thomas De Koninck, Québec, Les Presses de l'Université Laval, 2012, p. 6-7.
  2. Fiche sur le site de l'Université Laval

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