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at the commencement of the academic year 1913/14. The work discusses man’s nature from the point of views of his intellectual, ecstatic and moral faculties. Formosa maintains that the objective of every school is the development and perfection of these
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concepts – doctrines so dangerous and subversive – snake everywhere and create confusion in the intellectual and moral worlds as well as disorder amongst human societies ...’ Continuing in this style, Formosa basically upholds two major concepts: that
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175:(A Study on the Foundations of Religion). An 876-page volume in Italian published in Malta (Tipografia Giovanni Muscat) in which Formosa maintains, on the one hand, that
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242:(Saint Thomas Aquinas: The Sun of Truth and the Excellence of Theology). A 14-page booklet in Italian published in Malta (Tipografia di Giovanni Muscat,
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is the first and ultimate science of man. Formosa provides philosophical arguments to sustain his theories.
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and at other universities abroad. These studies made him Doctor of
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362:), PIN Publications, Malta, 2001.
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154:La Rivelazione e l’Uomo
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110:Formosa was born in
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210:University of Malta
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377:Categories
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248:aula magna
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189:apologetic
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72:Philosophy
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128:Canon Law
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202:Floriana
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