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Etienne Gilson was a French philosopher known for his research on the philosophy of Thomas Aquinas. His works have had a profound impact on 20th-century philosophy and theology.

The Philosopher and Theology

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Philosophy Undertaker

Author:Etienne Gilson

“Let us ... quietly accept our times, with the firm conviction that just as much good can be done today as at any time in the past, provided only that we have the will and the way to do it.”

Way Done Today Past Accepting Conviction Firm Our Time

Author:Etienne Gilson

“History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought.”

History Consequence Tests Historical Laboratory Great History

Author:Etienne Gilson

“Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires it with a certitude that does away with question.”

Doe Light Joy Inspire Catholic Overflow Certitude

Book:The Philosopher and Theology

Source: The Philosopher and Theology

“Why are there organized beings? Why is there something rather than nothing? Here again, I fully understand a scientist who refuses to ask it. He is welcome to tell me that the question does not make sense. Scientifically speaking, it does not. Metaphysically speaking, however, it does. Science can account for many things in the world; it may some day account for all that which the world of phenomena actually is. But why anything at all is, or exists, science knows not, precisely because it cannot even ask the question.”

Knows World May Doe Science Asks Speak Understanding Existence Scientist Accounts Refuse Welcome Make Sense Organized Questioning Metaphysical

Author:Etienne Gilson

“Humans feel at home in a world of things, whose essences and laws it can grasp and define in terms of concepts; but shy and ill at ease in a world of existences, because to exist is an act, not a thing.”

World Feels Humans Home Law Term Existence Concepts Essence Ill Ease Shy

Author:Etienne Gilson

“Man is not a mind that thinks, but a being who knows other beings as true, who loves them as good and who enjoys them as beautiful. For all that which is, down to the humblest form of existence, exhibits the inseparable privileges of being, which are truth, goodness, and beauty.”

Thinking Knows Men Mind Beautiful Form Enjoy Existence Goodness Privilege Exhibits Inseparable

Author:Etienne Gilson

“If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail when their authors substitute the fundamental concepts of any particular science for those of metaphysics.”

Ifs Failing Particular Adventure Concepts Fundamentals Conclusion Analysis Substitutes Doomed Metaphysics Metaphysical

Author:Etienne Gilson

“To minds tormented by the divine thirst, it is useless to offer the most certain knowledge of the laws of numbers and the arrangement of the universe”

Mind Law Certain Universe Numbers Divine Offers Useless Arrangements Thirst Certain Knowledge

Author:Etienne Gilson

“Radiance belongs to being considered precisely as beautiful: it is, in being, that which catches the eye, or the ear, or the mind, and makes us want to perceive it again”

Want Mind Eye Beautiful Ears Perceive Radiance

Book:The arts of the beautiful

Source: The arts of the beautiful

About the Author

Born: June 13, 1884
Died: September 19, 1978
Known for: Philosopher
Quotes: 10

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