Portuguese Philosophers - Uriel Da Costa, Delfim Santos, Antonio de Macedo, Luis Filipe Teixeira, Agostinho Da Silva, Damiao de Gois (Paperback)

Chapters: Uriel Da Costa, Delfim Santos, Antonio de Macedo, Luis Filipe Teixeira, Agostinho Da Silva, Damiao de Gois, Francisco Sanches, Jose Correia Da Serra, Jose Gil, Jose Barata-Moura, Jose Braganca de Miranda, Henry Simpson, Heliodoro de Paiva, Pedro Da Fonseca. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 63. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Delfim Pinto dos Santos (Oporto, Portugal, 1907 Cascais, Portugal, 1966), was a Portuguese philosopher, author, pedagogue, University professor and occasional book and movie reviewer. Delfim Santos was born in Oporto, Portugal in 1907, to Arnaldo Pinto and Amelia dos Santos Oliveira. His father was a goldsmith and trained him for such craft, which Delfim successfully practiced as an apprentice until the death of his father, occurred when he was aged only 15. Still under the impact of his recent orphan condition, the young Delfim kept the family business running for a while, only to become fully aware that his vocation lied elsewhere, and thereby start answering an inner call for a lifelong engagement with study and intellectual quest. By that time too he had converted from a non-religious upbringing to Protestantism, and became an active member of the cultural and sportive activities of the Portuguese YMCA. By 1927, aged 20 (quite late according to average standards) he completed high school and enrolled in the University of Oporto Faculty of Arts graduating in History and Philosophy in 1931, being one of the last students of this famous school, closed by the Government shortly after. He had Leonardo Coimbra and Teixeira Rego as his mentors during his student years and other famous students of this Faculty included Agostinho da Silva and Adolfo Casais Monteiro. Immediately after graduation he started a career as high school teacher, first in Oporto...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=2366957