Étienne Gilson in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Authors: Sochoń Jan
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The article aims at presenting the life and work of Étienne Gilson (1884–1978)—a historian of philosophy, medievalist, renewer of the scholastic tradition, proponent of a return to the original doctrine of St. Thomas Aquinas, and philosopher. It is focused on selected areas of Gilson’s philosophical interest, such as: medieval philosophy, the history of philosophy, existential Thomism, atheism, literature and art. In the final analysis, Gilson appears as a firm advocate of philosophical realism which makes it possible to find a way out of contradictory explanations of the world, and allows man to live in openness to the voice of God’s revelation that constantly flows from reality.

Keywords

EN

Étienne Gilson; Thomas Aquinas; medieval philosophy; existential Thomism; atheism; literature; art; Christian philosophy; metaphysics; realism; Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy

• Publisher: International Étienne Gilson Society
• Journal: Studia Gilsoniana
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 7
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 689-708

Dates

published

2018-12-30

Contributors

author

Sochoń Jan

• Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

ISSN

2577–0314

ISSN

2300–0066

DOI

10.26385/SG.070433