PUNE, MARCH 3, 2010: On March 2, 2010 the book entitled Brahman and Person: Essays by Richard De Smet, edited by Rev. Fr. Ivo Coelho was released at the Jesuit Community of De Nobili College, Pune. March 2, also happens to be the Thirteenth death anniversary of Fr. De Smet.
This book is a collection of essays by the late Richard De Smet, SJ (1916-1997) on the topic of person in Indian thought. It has 14 essays on the personality of the Absolute Brahman, and the question of whether Indian thought could supply elements for an adequate notion of person, the book contains also an introduction by the editor, and the bibliography of De Smet's works, running into 700 plus items.
Fr. Ivo Coelho expressed his sentiments to the Jesuits community and shared his feelings saying that he was very glad to be a student of Fr. De Smet. Giving a short synopsis to the book, Fr. Ivo said that the contributions of Fr. De Smet’s were scattered over a hundred, mostly obscure, Indian periodicals, and therefore neither ‘visible’ nor easily available. Brahman and Person was first attempt to remedy this problem. De Smet’s contributions to the Marathi Encyclopedia of Philosophy on the topic of vyakti / person served to enshrine his contribution.
There is much more to it that Fr. Ivo has assimilated and edited, one may perhaps discover a lot in the blog:
MUSINGS http://ivocoelho.blogspot.com/
PHILOSOPHICAL MUSINGS http://ivophil.blogspot.com/