Girard Etzkorn, emeritus professor of St. Bonaventure University, will lead a discussion on freedom at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 7. The talk will be held at UNC Asheville's Laurel Forum. The event is free and open to the public. A donation of $5 will be suggested at the door to support student scholarships.

Etzkorn is an internationally known scholar of medieval texts and has devoted his life to making the texts of important medieval thinkers accessible. Etzkorn worked as an editor at the Franciscan Institute of St. Bonaventure University for 22 years, overseeing the institute's key research projects and publications of modern editions of medieval philosophers William of Ockham and John Duns Scotus.

The talk is part of a year-long, nine-part series co-sponsored by UNC Asheville's Philosophy Department and the Institute for Applied Philosophy of Hendersonville. The series, "Great Quotes," is designed to foster discussion of philosophically significant issues surrounding notable quotations. The final event in the series will be held on May 5.

For more information about the series, call the Institute for Applied Philosophy at 828/891-5068.