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The work presents the Aquinas Lectures framework of the Aristotelian Society of Marquette University and introduces the 1943 lecture by Werner Jaeger. It recounts how the Society invites scholars to speak on the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas, explains the recording of Jaeger’s lecture, and provides a concise biographical account of Jaeger’s education and academic appointments across Germany and the United States. The document positions Jaeger’s lecture within the tradition of the feast-day delivery near March 7.

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THE AQUINAS LECTURES

Lecture tradition and purpose

Werner Jaeger introduction and biography

School of Theology at Claremont 10011316761 12CLUE 1043HUKANISM ANDTHOLOGYVERNIA JAGm # HUMANISM ANDTHEOLOGY # PUBLISHED AQUINASLECTURES St.Thomas and the Life of Learning(1937)by theRev.John F.McCormick,S.J.,former professorof philosophy at Loyola University. St.Thomas and the Gentiles(1938)by Mortimer J.Adler,Ph.D.,associate professor of the philosophyof Law,University of Chicago. St.Thomas and the Greeks(1939)by Anton C.Pegis,Ph.D.,associate professor of philosophy,FordhamUniversity. The Nature and Functions of Authority(1940)byYves Simon,Ph.D,associate professor of philos-ophy,University of Notre Dame. St.Thomas and Analogy(1941)by the Rev.Gerald B.Phelan,Ph.D.,president of the PontificalInstitute of Mediaeval Studies,University ofToronto. St.Thomas and the Problem of Evil(1942)byJacques Maritain,Ph.D.,professor of philosophy,Institute of Mediaeval Studies,University ofToronto. Humanism and Theology(1943)by Werner Jaeger,Ph.D.,Litt.D.,"university"professor,HarvardUniversity. e山3 The Aquinas Lecture,1943 HUMANISMANDTHEOLOGY Under the Auspices of the Aristotelian Societyof Marquette University WERNER JAEGERProfessor at Harvard University20 MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY PRESSMILWAUKEE 1943 B.778 3 04 COPYRIGHT,1943 BY THE ARISTOTELIAN SOCIETYOF MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY 5281 PRINTED AT THE MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY PRESSMILWAUKEE,WISCONSIN 88 # THE AQUINAS LECTURES The Aristotelian Society of Marquette Uni-versity each year invites a scholar to speak onthe Philosophy of St.Thomas Aquinas.Theselectures have come to be called the AquinasLectures and are customarily delivered on theSunday nearest March 7,the feast day of theSociety's patron saint. This year the Society has the pleasure of re-cording the lecture of Werner Jaeger,Ph.D.,Lit.D.,"university"professor at HarvardUniversity and director of the Harvard Insti-tute for Classical Studies. Born at Lobberich,Germany,in 1888,Prof.Jaeger received his early education at the Gym-nasium Thomaeum at Kempen in the Rhine-land.In 1907 he attended the University ofMarburg and thereafter the University ofBerlin,whence he gained his doctorate in 1911. In 1913 he taught at the University of Berlinand in 1914 at the University of Basel,Switzer-land,where he was professor of Greek lan-guage and literature.He became full professorof classics at the University of Kiel,Germany, in 1915 and in 1921 returned to the Universityof Berlin as full professor of classics,holdingthat chair until 1936.He was also dean ofthe philosophy faculty during 1931-32.Hecame to this country in 1936 as professor ofGreek at the University of Chicago and re-mained there until 1939,when he joined theHarvard faculty as university professor anddirector of the Institute for Classical Studies,which was established that year. Prof.Jaeger visited the University of Cali-fornia in 1934 as Sather professor of classicalliterature.He gave the 1936 Gifford Lecturesat the University of St.Andrews,Scotland. He was a member of the Central Directorateof the Archaeological Institute of the GermanReich until 1936 and,from 1926 to 1930,waspresident of the Association of Classical Schol-ars,Archaeologists and Ancient Historians.Heis a member of the Academies of Berlin,Copenhagen,Munich,Stockholm and Bologna,of the British and American Academies,and ofthe Humanistic Societies at Lund and Budapest.He is,besides,an honorary fellow of the So-

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What are the Aquinas Lectures and when are they delivered?

The Aristotelian Society of Marquette University invites a scholar each year to speak on the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas. The lectures are customarily delivered on the Sunday nearest March 7.

Who delivered the recorded 1943 lecture mentioned in the document?

The document records the lecture delivered by Werner Jaeger, Ph.D., Litt.D., university professor at Harvard University and director of the Harvard Institute for Classical Studies.

What professional background is provided about Werner Jaeger?

The text outlines Jaeger’s early education in Germany, his university studies and doctorate, and subsequent teaching and professorship roles in Berlin, Basel, and other institutions. It also notes his move to the United States in 1936 and his Harvard appointment as director of the Institute for Classical Studies.

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