Results 21 to 30 of about 506 (88)
Primo Cadit in Intellectu Ens: Gilson, Maritain, and Aquinas on Knowing Being
The author compares the views of Étienne Gilson, Jacques Maritain, and Thomas Aquinas on the order in our knowledge of being. While Gilson and Maritain maintain that esse and the actus essendi are what are first known, Aquinas maintains consistently that
Evagrius Hayden
doaj +1 more source
RENAISSANCE HUMANISM AND PHILOSOPHY AS A WAY OF LIFE
Abstract A long‐established view has deprecated Renaissance humanists as primarily literary figures with little serious interest in philosophy. More recently it has been proposed that the idea of philosophy as a way of life offers a useful framework with which to reassess their philosophical standing. This proposal has faced some criticism, however. By
John Sellars
wiley +1 more source
Étienne Gilson, Duns Scotus, and Actual Existence: Weighing the Charge of ‘Essentialism’ [PDF]
Étienne Gilson juxtaposes what he calls Aquinas’s “existentialism” to what he calls Scotus’s “essentialism.” For Gilson, “existentialism” is philosophical truth, the only view compatible with an authentically Christian metaphysic, while “essentialism” is
Andrew C. Helms
doaj
Les indéterminations augustiniennes. Gilson’s reading of the Augustinian thought
Étienne Gilson ha dedicato numerosi lavori alla riflessione filosofica di Agostino e alla tradizione agostiniana medievale. Lo storico francese ha cercato di rilevare i tratti principali e lo spirito della filosofia agostiniana e si è interessato ai ...
Federico Chiappetta
doaj +1 more source
El valor fundante del "esse" en la cuarta vía tomista
Durante prácticamente toda su carrera filosófica, Étienne Gilson sostuvo que las cinco vías se apoyaban en la original doctrina tomasiana del esse. En cambio, hacia el final de su carrera, cayó en la cuenta de que esta tesis acarreaba graves problemas ...
Manuel Alejandro Serra Pérez
doaj +1 more source
MacIntyre’s Gilsonian Preference [PDF]
Alasdair MacIntyre arrived relatively ‘late’ to Thomism in his philosophical career. One of the many determining influences on his thought has been the Thomist Étienne Gilson.
Peter Mango
doaj
Gilson as Christian Humanist [PDF]
The author suggests that the intellectual life of Étienne Gilson constituted a new humanism, that Gilson’s scholarly work was part of a new renaissance, that a new humanism that Gilson thought is demanded by the precarious civilizational crisis of the ...
Peter A. Redpath
doaj
Étienne Gilson and Henri Gouhier’s “Malebranche Moment” [PDF]
Professor Delbos’ critique of Gilson’s undergraduate essay as not explaining Malebranche’s intense criticism of Aristotle and the scholastics helped turn Gilson into a sensitive scholar.
Richard Fąfara
doaj +1 more source
Étienne Gilson in The Universal Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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.
Jan Sochoń
doaj +1 more source
Palamism Does Not Disfigure the Gospel: A Reply to Thomas Weinandy
Abstract In a 2024 article in the IJST, Fr. Thomas Weinandy argues that the theological system of Gregory Palamas is in grave error, especially with respect to its commitment to an objective ontological distinction between God's essence and His energies. In his concluding paragraph Fr.
Travis Dumsday
wiley +1 more source

