Marcus Berquist (1934 – November 2, 2010) was one of the founders of
Thomas Aquinas College
Thomas Aquinas College is a private, conservative, Catholic liberal arts college in Santa Paula, California. It was established in 1971.
Academics
To ensure institutional autonomy, the college does not accept funding from either the federal ...
, a professor, and an expert on the writings of
St. Thomas Aquinas
Thomas Aquinas ( ; ; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, the foremost Scholastic thinker, as well as one of the most influential philosophers and theologians in the Western tradition. A Doctor of the Church, he wa ...
.
He received his bachelor's degree in philosophy from the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn. and his licentiate degree in philosophy from
Université Laval
(; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...
in
Quebec
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. He nearly completed his Ph.D. from
Université Laval
(; English: ''Laval University)'' is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university traces its roots to the Séminaire de Québec, founded by François de Montmorency-Laval in 1663, making it the oldest institutio ...
with
Charles De Koninck
Charles De Koninck (29 July 1906 – 13 February 1965) was a Belgian-Canadian Thomist philosopher and theologian. As director of the Department of Philosophy at the Université Laval in Quebec, he influenced Catholic philosophy in French Canada a ...
as his mentor but did not due to De Koninck's death.
He taught at Thomas Aquinas College for over thirty-one years.
He is a proponent of angels as described in the Gospels and explains that, "It is only with difficulty and many mistakes that we can come to knowledge of invisible beings, beings that are more real and more alive than bodies."
[Our Sunday Visitor, "Angels are cooperating causes in human salvation", Jeff Ziegler, December 10, 2006, page 8.]
See also
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American philosophy
American philosophy is the activity, corpus, and tradition of philosophers affiliated with the United States. The ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' notes that while it lacks a "core of defining features, American Philosophy can neverthe ...
*
List of American philosophers
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References
External links
Thomas Aquinas College.edu: Biography of Marcus Berquist
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Thomas Aquinas College faculty
1934 births
2010 deaths
Philosophers from California
Founders of American schools and colleges
University and college founders
Université Laval alumni
20th-century American philanthropists