About Hent de Vries
Born 1958. Hent de Vries is a Dutch philosopher, university teacher and theologian.
Hendrik "Hent" de Vries (born 24 February 1958, is a Dutch philosopher, Professor of German, Religious Studies, and Comparative Literature and Affiliated Professor of Philosophy at New York University, and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Amsterdam. De Vries has been instrumental in explaining the apophatic and other theological claims and dimensions of deconstruction and for demonstrating its import for an understanding of religion in contemporary philosophy and culture.
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Hent de Vries was born on 24 February 1958 in Uitgeest.
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Hent de Vries is a philosopher, university teacher and theologian.
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