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The spirit of mediaeval philosophy

by Étienne Gilson

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In this well-known work, Etienne Gilson undertakes a sufficiently difficult task, namely, to define the spirit of mediaeval philosophy. He focuses on and supports his conclusion that the Middle Ages produced, besides a Christian literature and art as everyone admits, this very Christian philosophy, which is a matter of dispute.

ChristianityMedieval PhilosophyPhilosophyPhilosophy and religionReligionScholasticismThomistsPhilosophy, MedievalChristianity, philosophy