Leo Ferrari
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Leo Charles Ferrari (December 8, 1927 – October 7, 2010) was a St. Thomas University philosophy professor, noted Saint Augustine scholar, and founding member of the organization Flat Earth Society of Canada.[1][2][3]
- University of Sydney (B.Sc) 1948
- Laval University (Ph.D) 1957
Leo Charles Ferrari | |
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| Born | December 8, 1927 |
| Died | October 7, 2010 (aged 82) |
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| Occupation | Philosophy professor |
| Years active | 1961–1995 |
| Employer | St. Thomas University |
| Title | Professor emeritus[2][3] |
| Spouse | Lorna E. Drew[1] |
Flat Earth Society activities
Leo Ferrari was a founding member and head of the Flat Earth Society of Canada, later renamed the Flat Earth Society (FES).[4]
In Ferrari's writings in support of the FES and the Flat Earth, he attributed everything from gender to racial inequality on the globularist and the Spherical Earth model.[5] Ferrari even claimed to have nearly fallen off "the Edge" of the Earth at Brimstone Head on Fogo Island.[6]
Ferrari was a key figure in the 1990 flat earth "documentary", In Search of the Edge.[7] In the accompanying study guide, Ferrari is outed as a "globularist," someone who believes the earth is spherical.[8] The intent of the film was to promote critical thinking about media by "[attempting] to prove in convincing fashion, something everyone knew to be false."[8]
Bibliography
- The conversions of Saint Augustine. Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University Press. 1984. ISBN 9780877230397. OCLC 17228498.
- Different Minds/ Living with Alzheimer Disease. (with Lorna Drew). Villanova, Pennsylvania: Villanova University Press. 2005. ISBN 9780864924438. OCLC 17228498.
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- Published Essays
- Ferrari, Leo (1975). "Feminism and Education in a Flat Earth Perspective". McGill Journal of Education. X (1): 77–81. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
- Human Rights Pamphlets
- The rise of human rights; a Canadian outline. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Human Rights Commission, Dept. of Labour, 1970. OCLC 107688
- Human rights and the Canadian Indian. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Human Rights Commission, Dept. of Labour, 1973. OCLC 3570417
- Human rights in a changing world : the problem of preserving human values in the upheavals caused by science and technology. Fredericton, New Brunswick: Human Rights Commission, Dept. of Labour, 1977. OCLC 3968828
- Poetry