“The Cause of Nature and the Cause of Man” by Víctor Gómez Pin
Within the programming of
Lectures “Planet Earth: Our Major Challenges”
Philosopher Víctor Gómez Pin reflects on the fact that maintaining the balance of nature is a direct corollary of Enlightened reason, and in fact is also an implicit imperative of general morality, itself an unequivocal sign of what distinguishes us from all other animal species: the gifts of reason and language.
| Duration: | 1 hour 30 minutes |
Speaker
Víctor Gómez Pin (Barcelona, 1944) studied Philosophy at the Sorbonne, where he earned his doctor d’Etat (state doctorate) with a thesis on Aristotelian order. After teaching in France for years, he became the first head of the Philosophy Department at the University of the Basque Country. He is currently a professor emeritus at the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Coordinated by: Le Monde diplomatique (Spanish edition), Fundación Mondiplo and FAO Spain
