John Corrigan

About Dr. Corrigan

On August 13, 1989 the young author flew to Europe on an adventure to travel and study abroad. The occasion was precipitated by a summer course titled “Philosophy in Shakespearre” at The International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Two days later he watched the 50 year reigning monarch Furst Franz Josef of Liechetenstein descend from his castle in grand style for the national holiday in Vaduz, the capitol of one of the last monarchy nations in Europe.

It proved to be a life altering event. It was in the autumn of '89 that the Berlin wall fell and the iron curtain started to drop. The author was studying under one of the players behind the scenes at the time. Senator Rocco Buttiglione of Italy, an advisor to many of the great leaders working to free Eastern Europe. Among those Buttiglione advised at the time was Pope John Paul II.

Josef Seifert, founder of the International Academy of Philosophy in the Principality of Liechtenstein, was one of the professors offering the summer course. The Academy sought to revive Plato’s style of conversational philosophy and provided the students with a wide array of expertise with lectures by Victor Frankl, Roderick Chisholm, Judge Martin Kriele, Thomas Chaimowicz, Giovanni Reale, Robert Spaeman, Elizabeth Anscombe, and Tadeusz Styczeń, to name a few.

These experiences ignited a love of travel, lifelong learning. A passion for business, philosophy and political science accompanied these experience. Fascinated with the local Liechtenstein culture and dialect the author became proficient at the language and intensified his research into the thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II.

It was the access to so many great international professors which enabled him to pursue a unique path of building a classical mentor led education while accessing the thought of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II. The thought of that Popes early philosophical works are still difficult to access due to a lack of translations into English. The author seeks to make Wojtyla/John Paul II more accessible to the English speaking world.

Upon completing the Magister in Liechtenstein (like a Masters but with additional requirements) he spent several years teaching at Immaculata University. Later, he returned to travel and study. He received the Ph.D. in philosophy in 2016 from the Pontifical University of Santigo, Chile (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile).

**Dr. Corrigan has published with the peer reviewed journal: Aporía • Revista Internacional de Investigaciones Filosóficas and several online publications on the topic of John Paul II, Ronald Reagan, Investing, Electronics Manufacturing and Blockchain technologies.