13 Facts About Ion Petrovici

Ion Petrovici was a Romanian professor of philosophy at the University of Iasi and titular member of the Romanian Academy.

Ion Petrovici served as Minister of National Education in the Goga cabinet and Minister of Culture and Religious Affairs in the Third Antonescu cabinet.

Ion Petrovici enrolled at the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy of the University of Bucharest in autumn 1899, having Titu Maiorescu and Nicolae Iorga as teachers.

Ion Petrovici proposed his rhymed play O sarutare to the National Theatre of Bucharest during the same autumn.

Ion Petrovici graduated in philosophy in 1904, with the dissertation O problema de filosofie, and became the first home-grown Romanian Doctor of Philosophy in June 1905, with the PhD thesis Paralelismul psiho-fizic.

Ion Petrovici was appointed lecturer at the Philosophy Department of the University of Iasi in November 1906 and professor in 1912.

Ion Petrovici served as Dean of the Faculty of Letters and Philosophy in Iasi between 1923 and 1926.

Ion Petrovici was a visiting professor at the University of Paris and the Academie des Sciences Morales et Politiques in Paris at the end of January 1932, where he lectured on La Nationalite en Philosophie and L'Idee de neant.

Ion Petrovici was elected corresponding member of the Romanian Academy in 1927 and titular member in 1934; his acceptance speech, delivered on 28 May 1935, was on "Alexandru Philippide and the evolution of Romanian culture".

Ion Petrovici contributed to philosophy with his research in Logic regarding the theory of notions and with his metaphysical conception, which connects faith to reason.

Ion Petrovici contributed to prestigious philosophy journals in France and Germany and chaired international congresses.

Ion Petrovici was arrested in 1948 following the advent of the Communist regime and sentenced to 10 years of hard labour for his participation in the Antonescu government.

Ion Petrovici died in Bucharest in 1972 and was buried in the city's Bellu Cemetery.