Lương Kim Định (15 June 1914 - 25 March 1997) was a Vietnamese catholic priest, scholar and philosopher.
Born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam. Catholic priest ordained in 1943, Philosophy graduate of the Seminary of Saint Albert le Grand, professor of philosophy at Bui Chu Seminary (1943–46). He afterwards went to Paris, France to study French civilization, sociology, philosophy, and Confucianism at the “Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises”. Returning to V...
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Lương Kim Định (15 June 1914 - 25 March 1997) was a Vietnamese catholic priest, scholar and philosopher.
Born in Nam Dinh, Vietnam. Catholic priest ordained in 1943, Philosophy graduate of the Seminary of Saint Albert le Grand, professor of philosophy at Bui Chu Seminary (1943–46). He afterwards went to Paris, France to study French civilization, sociology, philosophy, and Confucianism at the “Institut des Hautes Etudes Chinoises”. Returning to Vietnam in 1957, he taught philosophy at Le Bao Tinh Academy and the Saigon University Faculty of Letters since 1960, Van Hanh University since 1967, and Dalat University.
Philosopher Kim Dinh died on 25 March 1997 at Carthage, Missouri, USA, at 83 years old.
He has published more than 30 books on Vietnamese culture and philosophy since 1963, the numerous works of Kim Dinh present a plethora of insights into the Vietnamese cultural heritage and can serve as a valuable basis for a Vietnamese‑American theology. He established the philosophies of...
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