Antonio T. de Nicolas (December 21, 1930 – May 3, 2022) was a Spanish-born American scholar, poet and professor of philosophy. He was professor emeritus of philosophy at the State University of New York at Stony Brook.
De Nicolas received his PhD from Fordham University and authored over 27 books, including translations of works by Ignatius de Loyola and Juan Ramón Jiménez.
In 2014, a collection of essays in honor of de Nicolas was published on the initiative of Christopher Key Chapple who edited the collection.Chapple, Christopher Key, "ANTONIO T. DE NICOLÁS: POET OF ETERNAL RETURN" (2014). Research Resources. 37. http://fordham.bepress.com/phil_research/37
De Nicolas died on May 3, 2022, at the age of 91.
Selected publications Meditations through the Rg Veda: Four-Dimensional Man (1976)Meditations through the Rg Veda, Nicolas Hays Ltd., 1976. Reviews: Robert J. Fornaro (1982), International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, ; Richard W. Lariviere (1979), Journal of the American Oriental Society, ; Ashok Malhotra (1978), Philosophy East and West, , ; Karel Werner (1979), The Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland, , Avatāra: The Humanization of Philosophy through the Bhagavad Gītā (1976)Avatāra, Nicolas Hays Ltd., 1976, . Reviews: Robert J. Fornaro (1982), International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, ; David L. Hall, Philosophy Today, Powers of Imagining: Ignatius de Loyola, a Philosophical Hermeneutic of Imagining through the Collected Works of Ignatius de Loyola (1986).Powers of Imagining, SUNY Press, 1986, . Reviews: David Appelbaum (1988), Journal of the American Academy of Religion, ; John Carmody (1988), Horizons, ; William Kluback (1987), International Journal for Philosophy of Religion, ; Terence O'Reilly (1989), Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, ; F. Michael Perko (1988), Review of Religious Research, , ; Leon Rappoport (1989), "Ignatian Metaphysics and the Technology of Imagination", Human Development, ; Rex M. Rogers (1987), International Social Science Review, , ; Philip C. Rule (1988), Theological Studies, ; John Wickham (1990), Mystics Quarterly, Remembering the God to Come (1988)Remembering the God to Come, Paragon House, 1988, . The Sea Tug Elegies / Of Angels and Women, Mostly (1991)The Sea Tug Elegies / Of Angels and Women, Mostly, Paragon House, 1991, . Review: Scharper, Diane (July 22, 1991), "The poet' place in the republic", The Baltimore Sun Moksha Smith: Agni's Warrior-Sage, An Epic of the Immortal Fire (2001)Moksha Smith, Writers Club Press, 2001, .
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