Letter: Anthony Kenny obituary
Your very sympathetic obituary of Anthony Kenny remarks that he was taught in Rome by another historian of philosophy, Frederick Copleston.When I asked Kenny what he thought of Copleston’s extensive...
By Michael J Walsh · The Guardian Opinion
Your very sympathetic obituary of Anthony Kenny remarks that he was taught in Rome by another historian of philosophy, Frederick Copleston . When I asked Kenny what he thought of Copleston’s extensive account of the subject, he refused to offer a comment, but told the story of how Copleston, obliged at the Pontifical Gregorian University to lecture in Latin, even on British analytic philosophy, set numerous British authors as required reading. Continue reading...