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Étienne Gilson, the Glossary

Étienne Henri Gilson (13 June 1884 – 19 September 1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy.^[1]

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Académie Française

The Académie Française, also known as the French Academy, is the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language.

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American Academy of Arts and Sciences

The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States.

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American Philosophical Society

The American Philosophical Society (APS) is an American scholarly organization and learned society founded in 1743 in Philadelphia that promotes knowledge in the humanities and natural sciences through research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach.

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Angers

Angers is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris.

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Anton Charles Pegis

Anton Charles Pegis (August 24, 1905 – May 13, 1978) was an American philosopher and historian of philosophy in the tradition of Thomas Aquinas. Étienne Gilson and Anton Charles Pegis are academic staff of the University of Toronto, Catholic philosophers, scholars of medieval philosophy and Thomists.

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Auxerre

Auxerre is the capital (prefecture) of the Yonne department and the fourth-largest city in the Burgundy historical region southeast of Paris.

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Battle of Verdun

The Battle of Verdun (Bataille de Verdun; Schlacht um Verdun) was fought from 21 February to 18 December 1916 on the Western Front in France.

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Bonaventure

Bonaventure (Bonaventura da Bagnoregio.; Bonaventura de Balneoregio.; born Giovanni di Fidanza; 1221 – 15 July 1274) was an Italian Catholic Franciscan bishop, cardinal, scholastic theologian and philosopher. Étienne Gilson and Bonaventure are academic staff of the University of Paris and Catholic philosophers.

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Bourg-en-Bresse

Bourg-en-Bresse (Bôrg) is the prefecture of the Ain department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in Eastern France.

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Burgundy

Burgundy (Bourgogne; Burgundian: bourguignon) is a historical territory and former administrative region and province of east-central France.

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Collège de France

The, formerly known as the or as the Collège impérial founded in 1530 by François I, is a higher education and research establishment in France.

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Congregation of St. Basil

The Congregation of St.

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Contemporary philosophy

Contemporary philosophy is the present period in the history of Western philosophy beginning at the early 20th century with the increasing professionalization of the discipline and the rise of analytic and continental philosophy.

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Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)

The 1914–1918 (War Cross) was a French military decoration, the first version of the. Étienne Gilson and Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France) are Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1914–1918 (France).

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Edward Bullough

Edward Bullough (28 March 1880 – 17 September 1934) was an English aesthetician and scholar of modern languages, who worked at the University of Cambridge.

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France

France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe.

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Frank Sheed

Francis Joseph Sheed (20 March 1897 – 20 November 1981) was an Australian-born lawyer, Catholic writer, publisher, speaker, and lay theologian.

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French Army in World War I

During World War I, France was one of the Triple Entente powers allied against the Central Powers.

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French Third Republic

The French Third Republic (Troisième République, sometimes written as La IIIe République) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy government.

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Harvard University

Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Henri Bergson

Henri-Louis Bergson (18 October 1859 – 4 January 1941) was a French philosopherHenri Bergson. Étienne Gilson and Henri Bergson are 20th-century French philosophers, academic staff of the Collège de France and French epistemologists.

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Henri de Lubac

Henri-Marie Joseph Sonier de Lubac (20 February 1896 – 4 September 1991), better known as Henri de Lubac, was a French Jesuit priest and cardinal who is considered one of the most influential theologians of the 20th century.

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Henri Gouhier

Henri Gouhier (5 December 1898 – 31 March 1994) was a French philosopher, a historian of philosophy, and a literary critic. Étienne Gilson and Henri Gouhier are 20th-century French philosophers, academic staff of the University of Lille Nord de France, academic staff of the University of Paris, French historians of philosophy and members of the Académie Française.

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History of philosophy

The history of philosophy is the systematic study of the development of philosophical thought.

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Honorary degree

An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university (or other degree-awarding institution) has waived all of the usual requirements.

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Illtyd Trethowan

Illtyd Trethowan (12 May 1907 – 30 October 1993), born Kenneth Trethowan, was an English Benedictine monk, Roman Catholic priest, philosopher, theologian, and author.

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Jacques Maritain

Jacques Maritain (18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Étienne Gilson and Jacques Maritain are 20th-century French philosophers, Catholic philosophers, Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America, French epistemologists, French philosophers of education, French political philosophers, Lycée Henri-IV alumni and Thomists.

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Jesuits

The Society of Jesus (Societas Iesu; abbreviation: SJ), also known as the Jesuit Order or the Jesuits (Iesuitae), is a religious order of clerics regular of pontifical right for men in the Catholic Church headquartered in Rome.

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John F. X. Knasas

John Francis Xavier Knasas (born 1948) is an American philosopher. Étienne Gilson and John F. X. Knasas are Catholic philosophers and Thomists.

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Licentiate (degree)

A licentiate (abbreviated Lic.) is an academic degree present in many countries, representing different educational levels.

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Literature

Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially novels, plays, and poems.

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Lucien Lévy-Bruhl

Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (10 April 1857 – 13 March 1939) was a French scholar trained in philosophy who furthered anthropology with his contributions to the budding fields of sociology and ethnology. Étienne Gilson and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl are 20th-century French philosophers.

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Lycée Henri-IV

The Lycée Henri-IV is a public secondary school located in Paris.

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Maisie Ward

Mary Josephine "Maisie" Ward Sheed (4 January 1889 – 28 January 1975), who published under the name Maisie Ward, was a writer, speaker, and publisher.

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Martial Gueroult

Martial Gueroult (15 December 1891 – 13 August 1976) was a French philosopher. Étienne Gilson and Martial Gueroult are 20th-century French philosophers, academic staff of the Collège de France and French historians of philosophy.

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Mathematicism

Mathematicism is 'the effort to employ the formal structure and rigorous method of mathematics as a model for the conduct of philosophy', or the epistemological view that reality is fundamentally mathematical.

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Medieval philosophy

Medieval philosophy is the philosophy that existed through the Middle Ages, the period roughly extending from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century until after the Renaissance in the 13th and 14th centuries.

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Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality.

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Minor seminary

A minor seminary or high school seminary is a secondary day or boarding school created for the specific purpose of enrolling teenage boys who have expressed interest in becoming Catholic priests.

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Neo-scholasticism

Neo-scholasticism (also known as neo-scholastic Thomism Accessed 27 March 2013 or neo-Thomism because of the great influence of the writings of Thomas Aquinas on the movement) is a revival and development of medieval scholasticism in Catholic theology and philosophy which began in the second half of the 19th century.

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Nobel Prize in Literature

The Nobel Prize in Literature (here meaning for literature; Nobelpriset i litteratur) is a Swedish literature prize that is awarded annually, since 1901, to an author from any country who has, in the words of the will of Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel, "in the field of literature, produced the most outstanding work in an idealistic direction" (original den som inom litteraturen har producerat det utmärktaste i idealisk riktning).

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Paris

Paris is the capital and largest city of France.

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Philosophy

Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, value, mind, and language.

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Philotheus Boehner

Philotheus Boehner (born Heinrich Boehner; 17 February 1901 – 22 May 1955) was a member of the Franciscan order known for medieval scholarship.

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Politics

Politics is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status.

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The Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies (PIMS) is a research institute in the University of Toronto that is dedicated to advanced studies in the culture of the Middle Ages.

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Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas

The Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (PUST), also known as the Angelicum in honor of its patron the Doctor Angelicus Thomas Aquinas, is a pontifical university located in the historic center of Rome, Italy.

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René Descartes

René Descartes (or;; 31 March 1596 – 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science. Étienne Gilson and René Descartes are Catholic philosophers, French philosophers of culture, French philosophers of education, French philosophers of history, Metaphysics writers, Ontologists, philosophers of mathematics, philosophers of social science, writers about activism and social change and writers about religion and science.

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Richard McKeon

Richard McKeon (April 26, 1900 – March 31, 1985) was an American philosopher and longtime professor at the University of Chicago. Étienne Gilson and Richard McKeon are scholars of medieval philosophy.

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Rochefort, Charente-Maritime

Rochefort (Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (Ròchafòrt de Mar) for disambiguation, is a city and commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente estuary.

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Russian language

Russian is an East Slavic language, spoken primarily in Russia.

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Saint-Quentin, Aisne

Saint-Quentin (Saint-Kintin; Sint-Kwintens) is a city in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.

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Scholar

A scholar is a person who is a researcher or has expertise in an academic discipline.

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Scholasticism

Scholasticism was a medieval school of philosophy that employed a critical organic method of philosophical analysis predicated upon the Aristotelian 10 Categories.

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Sheed and Ward

Sheed and Ward is a publishing house founded in London in 1926 by Catholic activists Frank Sheed and Maisie Ward.

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The Catholic University of America Press

The Catholic University of America Press, also known as CUA Press, is the publishing division of The Catholic University of America.

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The Unity of Philosophical Experience

The Unity of Philosophical Experience is a 1937 book by Étienne Gilson in which the author provides a critique of Western philosophy, focused in turn on medieval philosophy, Cartesianism, and modern Kantianism and Comtean positivism.

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Theology

Theology is the study of religious belief from a religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity.

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Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas (Aquino; – 7 March 1274) was an Italian Dominican friar and priest, an influential philosopher and theologian, and a jurist in the tradition of scholasticism from the county of Aquino in the Kingdom of Sicily. Étienne Gilson and Thomas Aquinas are Catholic philosophers, Thomists and writers about religion and science.

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Thomism

Thomism is the philosophical and theological school which arose as a legacy of the work and thought of Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), the Dominican philosopher, theologian, and Doctor of the Church.

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Toronto

Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.

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Tours

Tours (meaning Towers) is the largest city in the region of Centre-Val de Loire, France.

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University of Lille Nord de France

The Community of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) Lille Nord de France (formerly Université Lille Nord de France) was a French Groups of Universities and Institutions (COMUE) spread over multiple campuses and centered in Lille (North - Hauts-de-France).

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University of Paris

The University of Paris (Université de Paris), known metonymically as the Sorbonne, was the leading university in Paris, France, from 1150 to 1970, except for 1793–1806 during the French Revolution.

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University of St. Michael's College

The University of St.

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University of Strasbourg

The University of Strasbourg (Université de Strasbourg, Unistra) is a public research university located in Strasbourg, France, with over 52,000 students and 3,300 researchers.

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University of Toronto

The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park.

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Victor Delbos

Étienne Marie Justin Victor Delbos (26 September 1862, Figeac – 16 June 1916, Paris) was a Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy. Étienne Gilson and Victor Delbos are 20th-century French philosophers, academic staff of the University of Paris and French historians of philosophy.

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Western philosophy

Western philosophy, the part of philosophical thought and work of the Western world.

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World War I

World War I (alternatively the First World War or the Great War) (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Étienne_Gilson

Also known as Étienne Henry Gilson.

, Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Russian language, Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Scholar, Scholasticism, Sheed and Ward, The Catholic University of America Press, The Unity of Philosophical Experience, Theology, Thomas Aquinas, Thomism, Toronto, Tours, University of Lille Nord de France, University of Paris, University of St. Michael's College, University of Strasbourg, University of Toronto, Victor Delbos, Western philosophy, World War I.

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Academic staff of the University of Lille Nord de France

French epistemologists

French philosophers of culture

French philosophers of education

French philosophers of history

French philosophy academics

French prisoners of war in World War I

French senators elected by the National Assembly

Scholars of medieval philosophy

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