First recipient Leo Elders Junior Scholar Award
The Leo J. Elders Foundation is proud to announce as the first recipient of the Leo Elders Junior Scholar Award Mr. Elliot T. Polsky, PhD candidate at the Center for Thomistic Studies (University of St. Thomas, Houston, TX) for his submission “Why Are Accidents Included under Being per se?”.
The article is a meticulously researched and methodologically well-crafted analysis of a passage in Book V of Aristotle’s Metaphysics on the nature of accidents. The jury also praised Mr. Polsky’s ability to clarify apparent discrepancies in the various texts as well to show the relevance of this topic for other parts of St. Thomas’s metaphysics.
The Leo Elders Junior Scholar Award seeks to reward and encourage young scholarship on St. Thomas Aquinas in the spirit of the work of Leo Elders. In 2023 the Foundation has hosted its first Junior Scholar Essay Contest. The author of a single-authored winning paper will receive a $ 750 award. The winning essay will be published in the English Edition of Nova et Vetera and specially designated in the journal as winner of the contest.
