Angelo Pirotta
20th century Maltese philosopher
Angelo Pirotta, O.P. (27 December 1894 – 16 November 1956) was a Maltese philosopher, Dominican priest and educator. In philosophy, his areas of specialization were epistemology and metaphysics.
Life
Early life
Pirotta was born in Naxxar, Malta. His parents were John Mary Pirotta (1867–1946) and Antonia Née Camilleri (1875–1929). He was the oldest of thirteen children, three of whom died in infancy.
Pirotta was first privately schooled by Canon Fortunato De Bono. He then attended the Lyceum, a government-owned high school for boys in Valletta until the age of 16. Following that, he joined the Dominican Order on 30 April 1911.
Initial Formation
In Rabat, Malta, Pirotta began his novitiate, and then, a year later, made his three-year profession on 12 May 1912. Thereafter, he began his institutional studies: three years of philosophy (1912–15), and four of theology (1915–19), all according to the Thomist tradition.
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