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Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson , 1884-1978, French philosopher and historian, b. Paris. He taught the history of medieval philosophy at the Sorbonne (1921-32) and then took the chair of medieval philosophy at the Collège de France. In 1929 he helped found the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies at Toronto, Canada. Although primarily a historian of philosophy, he was also one of the leaders of the Roman Catholic neo-Thomist movement. He was elected to the French Academy in 1946. Among his works are The Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas (1919, tr. 1924); The Christian Philosophy of Saint Augustine (1929, tr. 1960); The Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy (2 vol., 1932, tr. 1936); God and Philosophy (1941); Being and Some Philosophers (1949); and The Philosopher and Theology (1960, tr. 1962).
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"Étienne Gilson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Étienne Gilson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gilson-E.html "Étienne Gilson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2008. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Gilson-E.html |
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Gilson, Étienne
Gilson, Étienne (1884–1978). French Roman Catholic philosopher and historian. His special interest was the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas, particularly the influence of Aristotle on his thought. Though he was later to be criticized for underestimating the strength of Platonism in the Middle Ages, his interpretation of the scholastics had a great impact upon modern RC philosophers.
He held, with Augustine, that ‘the universe is a kind of unfolding, a distensio, which imitates in its flowing forth the eternal present and total simultaneity of the life of God’. Such a view of order and providence cannot be concerned with a more dispassionate estimate of the actual history of the Church and its restrictive attitude to the quest for truth. |
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JOHN BOWKER. "Gilson, Étienne." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. JOHN BOWKER. "Gilson, Étienne." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Gilsontienne.html JOHN BOWKER. "Gilson, Étienne." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions. 1997. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O101-Gilsontienne.html |
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Gilson, Étienne
Gilson, Étienne (1884–1978), Thomist philosopher. He held professorships in France and, after he retired, at the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies in Toronto. From 1959 he lived mainly in France. His earliest work was on R. Descartes, but most of his life was devoted to the study of medieval philosophy; he wrote on different aspects of this and on key figures.
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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gilson, Étienne." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gilson, Étienne." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. (February 13, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Gilsontienne.html E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "Gilson, Étienne." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Retrieved February 13, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O95-Gilsontienne.html |
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