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Wisdom and Love in St. Thomas Aquinas (Paperback): Etienne Gilson Wisdom and Love in St. Thomas Aquinas (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R526 Discovery Miles 5 260 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Metamorphoses of the City of God (Paperback): Etienne Gilson The Metamorphoses of the City of God (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson; Foreword by Remi Brague; Translated by James G. Colbert
R784 Discovery Miles 7 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Etienne Gilson (1884-1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy, as well as a scholar of medieval philosophy. In 1946 he attained the distinction of being elected an ""Immortal"" (member) of the Academie francaise. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1959 and 1964. The appearance of Gilson's Metamorphosis of the City of God, which were originally delivered as lectures at the University of Louvain, Belgium, in the Spring of 1952, coincided with the first steps toward what would become the European Union. The appearance of this English translation coincides with the upheaval of Brexit. Gilson traces the various attempts of thinkers through the centuries to describe Europe's soul and delimit its parts. The Scots, Catalonians, Flemings, and probably others may nod in agreement in Gilson's observation on how odd would be a Europe composed of the political entities that existed two and a half centuries ago. Those who think the European Union has lost its soul may not be comforted by the difficulty thinkers have had over the centuries in defining that soul. Indeed the difficulties that have thus far prevented integrating Turkey into the EU confirm Gilson's description of the conundrum involved even in distinguishing Europe's material components. And yet, the endeavor has succeeded, so that the problem of shared ideals remain inescapable. One wonders which of the thinkers in the succession studied by Gilson might grasp assent and illuminate the EU's path.

History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Paperback): Etienne Gilson History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R1,198 Discovery Miles 11 980 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Painting and Reality: Etienne Gilson Painting and Reality
Etienne Gilson
R1,089 Discovery Miles 10 890 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A classic study of the art of painting and its relationship to reality In this book, Étienne Gilson puts forward a bold interpretation of the kind of reality depicted in paintings and its relation to the natural order. Drawing on insights from the writings of great painters—from Leonardo, Reynolds, and Constable to Mondrian and Klee—Gilson shows how painting is foreign to the order of language and knowledge. Painting, he argues, seeks to add new beings to nature, not to represent those that already exist. For this reason, we must distinguish it from another art, that of picturing, which seeks to produce images of actual or possible beings. Though pictures play an important part in human life, they do not belong in the art of painting. Through this distinction, Gilson sheds new light on the evolution of modern painting. A magisterial work of scholarship by an acclaimed historian of philosophy, Painting and Reality features paintings from both classical and modern schools, and includes extended selections from the writings of Reynolds, Delacroix, Gris, Gill, and Ozenfant.

La philosophie au moyen âge .. (Hardcover): Etienne Gilson La philosophie au moyen âge .. (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson
R984 Discovery Miles 9 840 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Études de philosophie médiévale (Hardcover): Etienne Gilson Études de philosophie médiévale (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson
R979 Discovery Miles 9 790 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Études de philosophie médiévale (Paperback): Etienne Gilson Études de philosophie médiévale (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R694 Discovery Miles 6 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le thomisme; introduction au système de saint Thomas d'Aquin; Volume 1 (Hardcover): Etienne Gilson Le thomisme; introduction au système de saint Thomas d'Aquin; Volume 1 (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson
R916 Discovery Miles 9 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Le thomisme; introduction au système de saint Thomas d'Aquin; Volume 1 (Paperback): Etienne Gilson Le thomisme; introduction au système de saint Thomas d'Aquin; Volume 1 (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R602 Discovery Miles 6 020 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Index Scolasto-cartesien... (Hardcover): Etienne Gilson Index Scolasto-cartesien... (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson
R1,044 Discovery Miles 10 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Index Scolasto-cartesien... (Paperback): Etienne Gilson Index Scolasto-cartesien... (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R734 Discovery Miles 7 340 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
La philosophie au moyen âge .. (Paperback): Etienne Gilson La philosophie au moyen âge .. (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R699 Discovery Miles 6 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Unity Of Philosophical Experience - The Medieval Experiment, The Cartesian Experiment, The Modern Experiment (Paperback,... The Unity Of Philosophical Experience - The Medieval Experiment, The Cartesian Experiment, The Modern Experiment (Paperback, New edition)
Etienne Gilson
R526 R448 Discovery Miles 4 480 Save R78 (15%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The best summary of this book is in the author's words from the foreword: "It is the proper aim and scope of the present book to show that the history of philosophy makes philosophical sense, and to define its meaning in regard to the nature of philosophical knowledge itself. For that reason, the various doctrines, as well as the definite parts of these doctrines, which have been taken into account in this volume, should not be considered as arbitrarily selected fragments from some abridged description of the medieval and modern philosophy, but as a series of concrete philosophical experiments especially chosen for their dogmatic significance. Each of them represents a definite attempt to deal with philosophical knowledge according to a certain method, and all of them, taken together, make up a philosophical experience. The fact that all those experiments have yielded the same result will, as I hope, justify the common conclusion... that there is a centuries long experience of what philosophical knowledge is and that such an experience exhibits a remarkable unity."

Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy, The (Paperback): Etienne Gilson Spirit of Mediaeval Philosophy, The (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R992 R744 Discovery Miles 7 440 Save R248 (25%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this book (a translation of his well-known work L'esprit de la philosophie medievale), Etienne Gilson undertakes the task of defining the spirit of mediaeval philosophy. Gilson asks whether we can form the concept of a Christian philosophy and whether mediaeval philosophy is not its most adequate historical expression. He maintains that the spirit of mediaeval philosophy is the spirit of Christianity penetrating the Greek tradition, working within it, and drawing out of it a certain view of the world that is specifically Christian. To support his hypothesis, Gilson examines mediaeval thought in its nascent state, at that precise point where the Judeo-Christian graft was inserted into the Hellenic tradition. Gilson's demonstration is primarily historical and occasionally theoretical in suggesting how doctrines that satisfied our predecessors for so many centuries may still be found conceivable today.

The Christian Philosophy of Saint Augustine (Hardcover): Etienne Gilson The Christian Philosophy of Saint Augustine (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson
R1,237 Discovery Miles 12 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Heloise and Abelard (Hardcover): Etienne Gilson Heloise and Abelard (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson
R735 Discovery Miles 7 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Heloise and Abelard (Paperback): Etienne Gilson Heloise and Abelard (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R487 Discovery Miles 4 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Church Speaks to the Modern World - The Social Teachings of Leo XIII (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Etienne Gilson The Church Speaks to the Modern World - The Social Teachings of Leo XIII (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Etienne Gilson; Foreword by Thomas Storck
R746 Discovery Miles 7 460 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Church Speaks to the Modern World - The Social Teachings of Leo XIII (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Etienne Gilson The Church Speaks to the Modern World - The Social Teachings of Leo XIII (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Etienne Gilson; Foreword by Thomas Storck
R963 Discovery Miles 9 630 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Studies in Medieval Philosophy (Hardcover): Etienne Gilson Studies in Medieval Philosophy (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson; Translated by James G. Colbert
R1,445 R1,135 Discovery Miles 11 350 Save R310 (21%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard (Paperback): Etienne Gilson, A.H.C. Downes The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson, A.H.C. Downes
R885 Discovery Miles 8 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a new release of the original 1940 edition.

From Aristotle to Darwin and Back Again - A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution (Paperback): Etienne Gilson From Aristotle to Darwin and Back Again - A Journey in Final Causality, Species, and Evolution (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson; Translated by John Lyon; Foreword by Christoph Cardinal Schonborn
R529 R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Save R85 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Darwin's theory of evolution remains controversial, even though most scientists, philosophers, and even theologians accept it, in some form. The controversy erupts when the theory is used to try to explain everything and to deny the role of a Creator or a purpose to life. It is then that philosophers and theologians cry, "Foul!."

The Establishment of the University of Being in the Doctrine of Meister Eckhart of Hochheim (Paperback): Bernard J.... The Establishment of the University of Being in the Doctrine of Meister Eckhart of Hochheim (Paperback)
Bernard J. Muller-Thym, Etienne Gilson
R732 Discovery Miles 7 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a new release of the original 1939 edition.

History Of Philosophy And Philosophical Education (Paperback): Etienne Gilson History Of Philosophy And Philosophical Education (Paperback)
Etienne Gilson
R571 Discovery Miles 5 710 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Moral Values and the Moral Life - The Ethical Theory of St. Thomas Aquinas (Hardcover): Etienne Gilson Moral Values and the Moral Life - The Ethical Theory of St. Thomas Aquinas (Hardcover)
Etienne Gilson; Translated by Leo Richard Ward
R1,301 Discovery Miles 13 010 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.

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