Nicholas-Joseph Laforêt
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Nicholas-Joseph Laforêt (born at Graide, 23 January 1823; died at Leuven, 26 January 1872) was a Belgian Catholic philosopher and theologian.
Life
After the regular theological course at the seminary of
Namur, he entered the Catholic University of Leuven (French: Louvain), where he applied himself especially to the study of Semitic languages
, Holy Scripture, and philosophy. In 1848, he was appointed to the chair of moral philosophy at the university, and, the same year, received the doctorate in theology.
Two years later he became president of the
Royal Academy of Belgium, and of the Roman Academy of the Catholic Religion
.
Works
Besides a great number of articles, especially in the "Revue catholique", Laforêt's main works are:
- "Dissertatio historico-dogmatica de methodo theologiae, sive de auctoritate Ecclesiae catholicae tanquam regula fidei christianae "(Louvain, 1849);
- "Études sur la civilisation européenne considerée dans ses rapports avec le christianisme" (Brussels, 1850);
- "La vie et les travaux d'Arnold Tits" (Brussels, 1853);
- "Principes philosophiques de la morale" (Louvain, 1852; 2nd ed., under the title "Philosophie morale", Louvain, 1855);
- "Les dogmes catholiques exposés, prouvés et vengés des attaques de l'hérésie et de l'incrédulité" (Brussels, 1855-59);
- "Pourquoi l'on ne croit pas" (Louvain, 1864; Eng. tr. "Why men do not believe", London, s. d., and new ed., New York, 1909; Germ. tr. by Vosen, "Der moderne Unglaube und seine Hauptursachen", Mainz, 1873);
- "Histoire de la philosophie" (Brussels, 1866-67), which includes only the history of ancient philosophy, the author dying before he completed the work
- "Les martyrs de Gorcum" (Louvain, 1867; Germ. tr. Münster, 1867);
- "Le syllabus et les plaies de la société moderne", a posthumous work, including the author's testament (Louvain, 1872).
References
- Annuaire de l'université de Louvain, XXXVII (1873), 261, 296:
- De Monge, Monseigneur Laforêt in Revue catholique, XXXIII (1872), 241;
- Anon., Bibliographie de l'universite de Louvain (Louvain, 1900), 25;
- Anon., L'universite de Louvain (Brussels, 1900), 76.
External links
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Nicholas-Joseph Laforêt". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
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