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Étienne Gilson

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Also known as Étienne Henry Gilson

French historian and philosopher (1884-1978)

Person · Open Library

Born
1884
Died
1978
Works
490

Top works

  • Discours de la méthode
  • Index scolastico-cartésien
  • L'école à la croisée des chemins
  • De la Bible a François Villon
  • Sur le Jesu Dulcis memoria

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Country
France
Active from
1884
Active to
1978

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4
Total plays
6

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Key facts

Born
Étienne Henri Gilson , ( 1884-06-13 ) 13 June 1884, Paris , France
Died
19 September 1978 (1978-09-19) (aged 94), Auxerre , France
Alma mater
University of Paris , Collège de France
Doctoral advisor
Victor Delbos
Other advisors
Henri Bergson , Lucien Lévy-Bruhl
Era
20th-century philosophy
Region
Western philosophy
School
Thomism , Neo-Scholasticism
Institutions
University of Strasbourg , University of Paris, Collège de France, Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Doctoral students
Maurice de Gandillac , Anton Charles Pegis
Main interests
Theology , metaphysics , politics , literature , history of philosophy
Notable ideas
The Thomistic distinction between being and essence , Coining the term " mathematicism "

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Encyclopedic overview

Étienne Henri Gilson ( French: [ʒilsɔ̃]; 13 June 1884 – 19 September 1978) was a French Catholic 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. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.

In 2009, the International Étienne Gilson Society was created "to promote the thought of Étienne Gilson and classical philosophy in the academy and culture." It publishes a journal, Studia Gilsoniana.

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