Martin Professor of Medieval Philosophy
 
 
 
 
 
unsplash-image-XVoyX7l9ocY.jpg
 

 Thomas Williams is the Isabelle A. and Henry D. Martin Professor of Medieval Philosophy at Georgetown University. He has published widely on medieval philosophy and theology, with a particular focus on Augustine, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus.

His work includes Anselm: A Very Short Introduction, Anselm: The Complete Treatises with Selected Letters and Prayers and the Meditation on Human Redemption, and a translation of Augustine's Confessions.

 
Thomas Williams & Georgetown University Professor

Thomas Williams

Isabelle A. and Henry D. Martin Professor of Medieval Philosophy

Thomas Williams is the Isabelle A. and Henry D. Martin Professor of Medieval Philosophy. He received his BA from Vanderbilt University in 1988 and his PhD from the University of Notre Dame in 1994. He came to Georgetown from the University of South Florida, where he taught for sixteen years following nine years at the University of Iowa. He began his career with the Jesuits at Creighton University and is happy to be returning to the world of Jesuit education.

An Episcopal priest, Prof. Williams served for ten years as the Canon Theologian of the Cathedral Church of St Peter in St Petersburg, Florida. He is an avid choral singer and a reasonably competent pianist. His husband, Marty Gould, is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Florida, specializing in Victorian literature. Thomas and Marty have an American Pit Bull Terrier named Tess.

 

 Publications

 
Suggestion+1.jpg
Augustine
Anselm
Aquinas
Other medieval
 

Ethics of
John Duns Scotus

 
289_MER_MS_61_f_143_r.jpg

Translations

John Duns Scotus:

Selected Writings on Ethics

Errata

100.8. restrained willing / restrained willing-against
211 7th line from bottom. not straightaway / straightaway
219.5. [missing period]
219 last sentence before section 3. Faith / Hope
328 n. 55 line 4. unhappiness / happiness
333 line 2 of main text. interior / exterior

I am grateful to Robert Pasnau for drawing some of these corrections to my attention, and I invite other readers to notify me of any other mistakes.


 

 Lesser Feasts

A blog about the Church, travel, staying put, a bit of philosophy, small celebrations (lesser feasts), such meals as I can manage to eat (lesser feasts, again), and whatever else occurs to me

 
jonny-auh-z99iWocuDt0-unsplash.jpg

 GET IN TOUCH