Étienne Gilson
Étienne Gilson | |
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Étienne Gilson | |
| Born | Étienne Henri Gilson 13 June 1884 |
| Died | 19 September 1978 (aged 94) Auxerre, France |
| Education | |
| Alma mater | University of Paris Collège de France |
| Doctoral advisor | Victor Delbos |
| Other advisors | Lucien Lévy-Bruhl, Henri Bergson, Victor Delbos |
| Philosophical work | |
| Era | 20th-century philosophy |
| Region | Western philosophy |
| School | Thomism Neo-Scholasticism |
| Doctoral students | 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" |
Étienne Henri Gilson (French: [ʒilsɔ̃]; 13 June 1884 – 19 September 1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the 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.