Gandhi, Newton, and the Enlightenment
University Lecture with Professor Akeel Bilgrami
Date:
October 25, 2006 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm EDTLocation: Rotunda, Low Memorial Library
Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, explored the disparity that arose in the 17th century between the secular intellectual tradition and the divine sense of nature, and how those divergent thoughts apply to the modern world.
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/06/11/bilgrami061108.html
Akeel Bilgrami, Johnsonian Professor of Philosophy, addreses the audience. His lecture was entitled, "Gandhi, Newton, and the Enlightenment."
People packed the Low Library Rotunda on October 25, 2006 to hear Professor Bilgrami speak.
An eager student greets Professor Bilgrami following his University Lecture.