“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.” WorldFeelsHumansHomeLawTermExistenceConceptsEssenceIllEaseShy 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.” IfsFailingParticularAdventureConceptsFundamentalsConclusionAnalysisSubstitutesDoomedMetaphysicsMetaphysical Author:Etienne Gilson
