paul-mercken
Bunnik, The Netherlands
H. Paul F. Mercken, ° Leuven, Belgium, 1934, Ph.D. in Philosophy, Catholic University Leuven (1950), historian of Western Philosophy, with special attention to the Aristotelian ethical tradition in the Middle Ages (Latin, Byzantine and Arabic commentaries), University research and teaching in Belgium, Great-Britain, the USA, and 1978 -1991 Utrecht University. After early retirement: non-Western cultures, especially China and Japan and post-colonial DR Congo Kinshasa. Language and languages addict. Two volumes of poetry: 2012 (Dutch) and 2013 (bilingual). On the board of the Dutch Haiku Society (Haiku Kring Nederland). member Linacre College Oxford and the Oxford and Cambridge Society of the Netherlands and of the Humanist Society and the Freethinkers Society of the Netherlands. Recipient exchange cup the Bronze Owl for being the most versatile volonteer of his village, Bunnik, 2007. Intends to spend the month December 2016 with friends in Guanxi, Taiwan.