Miklós Vető
Miklós Vető (22 August 1936 – 8 January 2020) was a Hungarian-born French philosopher. A historian of German Idealism, especially Schelling, he lived in Paris. As an author, many of his works were collected by libraries.[1][2]
Biography
Vető was born in
Vető was an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,[6] and a member of the Catholic Academy of France[7] and the Academy of Messina. He was awarded a Doctorate Honoris Causa by the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest[8] and the University of Szeged. He was Honorary Professor at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne[9] and an officer of the National Order of the Ivory Coast. He died in Paris.
Philosophy
Vető's philosophy is coordinated along three interrelated foci:[10]
- The .
- The Christian spirituality and theology. Vető has written on the religious thought of Simone Weil, Jonathan Edwards, Gabriel Marcel and Pierre de Bérulle.
- A constructive metaphysics, concerned with the "enlargement" of philosophical reflection by intercourse with themes drawn from religion, art and ordinary experience.
Foci 1 and 2 have involved parallel developments through his career, whereas focus 3 has appeared central in publications since 2002.[11]
Publications
- La métaphysique religieuse de Simone Weil, Paris, 1971 ; 3. ed. Paris, 2014. English translation: The religious metaphysics of Simone Weil, Albany, 1994. Translations in Italian, Japanese and Hungarian.
- F. W. J. Schelling: Stuttgarter Privatvorlesungen. Critical edition, Turin, 1973, 2. edition Paris, 2009.
- Le Fondement selon Schelling, Paris, 1977, 2. ed. Paris, 2002.
- La pensée de Jonathan Edwards, Paris, 1987, 2. ed. Paris, 2007. English translation: The Thought of Jonathan Edwards, Eugene (Oregon)
- Études sur l'idéalisme allemand, Paris, 1998.
- De Kant à Schelling. Les deux voies de l'idéalisme allemand I-II. Krisis, Grenoble, 1998–2000 (German translation in preparation).
- Le Mal: Essais et Etudes , Paris, 2000.
- Fichte de l'action à l'image, Paris, 2001.
- La naissance de la volonté, Paris, 2002, also a Brazilian translation
- Philosophie et religion. Paris, 2006. Translation in Hungarian.
- Nouvelles études sur l'idéalisme allemand. Paris, 2009.
- L'élargissement de la métaphysique, Paris, 2012, English translation: The Expansion of Metaphysics. Eugene (Oregon), (in preparation).
- Explorations métaphysiques, Paris, 2012.
- Gabriel Marcel, Paris, 2014.
- De Whitehead à Marion. Éclats de philosophie contemporaine, Paris, 2015.
- Pierre de Bérulle: Les thèmes majeurs de sa pensée. PARIS, 2016.
- La volonté selon Fénelon, Paris (in print).
Also over 400 other publications: articles, prefaces, book reviews.
References
- ^ "Vetö, Miklós". worldcat.org. Retrieved November 9, 2016.
- ^ Elhunyt Vető Miklós (in Hungarian)
- ^ Vetö, Miklos. "Jalons et moments" Iris : Annales de la philosophie 27 (2006)
- ProQuest 214683516.
- ^ Vetö, Miklos. "Jalons et moments" Iris : Annales de la philosophie 27 (2006).
- ^ Hungarian Academy of Sciences. "Vető Miklós" http://mta.hu/members_of_has?PersonId=19624. Accessed 25 September 2015.
- ^ Academie catholique de France. "M. le Professeur Miklos Vetö." http://www.academiecatholiquedefrance.fr/index.php/qui-sommes-nous/membressocietaires-individuels/133-m-le-professeur-miklos-vetoe. Accessed 25 September 2015.
- ^ Pazmany Peter Catholic University, "PPCU Laureates Miklos Vetö." Press Release: 16 December 2010. https://btk.ppke.hu/en/about/news/ppcu-laureates-miklos-veto.
- ^ Australian Catholic University, Faculty of Theology and Philosophy. "Honorary Appointments" http://www.acu.edu.au/about_acu/faculties,_institutes_and_centres/theology_and_philosophy/faculty_staff/philosophy_staff/honorary_appointments. Accessed September 25, 2015
- ^ Puente, Fernando Rey (2006). "L'Historiographie philosophique d'après Miklos Vetö". Iris: Annales de philosophie. 27: 14–34.
- ^ See https://miklosveto.wordpress.com for a comparable summary presentation of his research.
- Vetö, Miklos. "Jalons et moments" Iris : Annales de la philosophie 27 (2006).
- Pazmany Peter Catholic University, "PPCU Laureates Miklos Vetö." Press Release: 16 December 2010. https://btk.ppke.hu/en/about/news/ppcu-laureates-miklos-veto.
- Academie catholique de France. "M. le Professeur Miklos Vetö." http://www.academiecatholiquedefrance.fr/index.php/qui-sommes-nous/membressocietaires-individuels/133-m-le-professeur-miklos-vetoe. Accessed 25 September 2015.
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences. "Vető Miklós" http://mta.hu/members_of_has?PersonId=19624. Accessed 25 September 2015.
- Communio : revue catholique internationale. "VETÖ Miklos." http://www.communio.fr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2913:vetoumlmiklos&catid=283:auteurs&Itemid=849. Accessed 25 September 2015.
- Tengelyi, László,"Buchrezension: L'élargissement de la métaphysique" Philosophische Rundschau 60(2013), 80 – 84.
- Australian Catholic University, Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry "Professor Miklos Vetö Visit" http://www.acu.edu.au/miklosveto. Accessed 25 September 2015.
- Hackett, W. Chris (31 July 2014). "No Neutral Metaphysics: Miklos Vetö". Research in Phenomenology. 44 (2): 301–314. .