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Peter Joannides writings

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: 6966

Scope and content

Amán Amán!, a philosophical memoir of over 2,100 pages, 1959-1991, is intended to be a fusion of literature, philosophy, autobiography, and memoir, written over a period of thirty years. It includes an introduction (Opening Remarks, Opening Quotations, and Dedication), a set of Prefaces ("for Logan Pearsall Smith"), and thirty-three sections. If divided into volumes, volume 1 would end at section VI and volume 2 at section XXII.

Scope and content

Ex Cathedra, 22nd Encyclical, September 15, 2012 Von Herrn Doktor Professor Peter Joannides: a "tongue-in-cheek/not-so-tongue-in-cheek" booklet.

Dates

  • 1959-2012.

Creator

Language of Material

In English.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Donor retains copyright..

Biographical / Historical

Peter Joannides was born in New York City in 1931 of Greek immigrant parents. He graduated from the Fork Union Military Academy in 1948 and from the University of Virginia, with a B.A. in Philosophy in 1951. He studied at Cornell with Max Black, receiving a Ph.D. in Philosophy in 1955. He served in the U.S. Army from 1955-1957; as an instructor in philosophy at Fresno State University from 1959-1960; as Associate Professor of Philosophy, University of Maryland Overseas Division with the U.S. Military, 1960-1967; and as Associate Professor of Philosophy at Jacksonville University, Jacksonville, Florida from 1967-1985.

Extent

1 cubic feet. (1 cubic feet.)

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Repository Details

Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository

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