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-Exupéry for the creation of The Little Prince when Saint-Exupéry 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, pp. 6–7.
  2. Fiche sur le site de l'Université Laval

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