Étienne Gilson
Étienne Henri Gilson was a Catholic, French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the "existential" tradition of Thomas Aquinas, although he did not consider himself a neo-Thomist philosopher. In 1946, he attained the distinction of being elected an "Immortal" (member) of the Académie française.
Background
- Born in
- 7th arrondissement of Paris
- Educated at
- Lycée Henri-IVFaculty of Arts of Paris
- Awards
- 🏆 Croix de guerre 1914–1918🏆 Officer of the Legion of Honour🏆 Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour🏆 Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Henry Corbin
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Trending topics shown first"Thomas considers that a religious may legitimately aspire to the title and functions of master, but since he could only teach divine things, it is only in relation to the science of divine things that…"
"We can only choose between two kinds of life, the active and the contemplative."
"I maintain, therefore, that just as there is in Cartesianism a methodical idealism, the kind that starts with nosse , there can be a methodical realism, the kind that starts with esse ."
"Having expelled quality from the field of extension, do not know how to account for it when it reappears in thought."
"Reality can be grasped at levels of different depths. It is immediately given to us in a kind of block form, which is simply the "apprehended reality."
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1884
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