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A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
1882–1977
An Irish philosopher, Anglican clergyman, and noted George Berkeley scholar, he spent decades at Trinity College Dublin while also serving the church in Dublin. His long career joined academic philosophy with religious life in a way that made him a distinctive figure in Irish intellectual history.
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Monophysitism Past and Present: A Study in Christology
by A. A. (Arthur Aston) Luce
About the author
Born in Gloucester, England, on August 21, 1882, Arthur Aston Luce studied at Trinity College Dublin, where he earned degrees in arts and divinity and later built an unusually long association with the college. He became a fellow in 1912, taught philosophy there for many years, and eventually served as Vice-Provost.
Luce was not only an academic but also a Church of Ireland clergyman. Alongside his university work, he held a number of clerical posts and later became Precentor of St Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. That blend of scholarship and church service shaped much of his writing and public life.
He is best remembered as an authority on the philosopher George Berkeley, editing and writing important works that helped keep Berkeley at the center of modern philosophical discussion. Luce died in Dublin on June 28, 1977, after a career that linked philosophy, teaching, and religious vocation over many decades.