The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy

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The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy is Étienne Gilson’s influential study that systematically presents the central themes, methods, and metaphysical insights of medieval Christian thought as a coherent philosophical tradition.

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instanceOf book ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
author Étienne Gilson ⓘ
centralClaim Christian philosophy is a legitimate philosophical category ⓘ
medieval Christian thought constitutes a coherent philosophical tradition ⓘ
medieval philosophy cannot be understood apart from Christian revelation ⓘ
the notion of being is the key to medieval metaphysics ⓘ
countryOfOrigin France ⓘ
focusesOn God as ipsum esse subsistens ⓘ
analogy of being ⓘ
doctrine of creation ⓘ
medieval Christian thought ⓘ
metaphysics of being ⓘ
natural theology ⓘ
participation metaphysics ⓘ
relation between faith and reason ⓘ
genre history of philosophy study ⓘ
philosophical monograph ⓘ
hasPart analysis of creation and contingency ⓘ
analysis of the concept of being ⓘ
discussion of knowledge and illumination ⓘ
discussion of proofs for the existence of God ⓘ
discussion of the relation between philosophy and theology ⓘ
treatment of the problem of universals ⓘ
influenced 20th-century Catholic philosophy ⓘ
neo-Thomist movement ⓘ
linked to: Neo-scholasticism

studies in medieval metaphysics ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Bonaventure ⓘ
Duns Scotus ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas

medieval Scholastic theologians ⓘ
language French ⓘ
notableFor defense of the idea of Christian philosophy ⓘ
influence on 20th-century Thomism ⓘ
revival of interest in medieval metaphysics ⓘ
systematic presentation of medieval Christian philosophy ⓘ
originalTitle L’esprit de la philosophie médiévale ⓘ
philosophicalStance affirmation of the harmony of faith and reason ⓘ
realism about universals ⓘ
theocentric metaphysics ⓘ
philosophicalTradition Scholasticism ⓘ
publicationYear 1932 ⓘ
relatedWork Being and Some Philosophers ⓘ
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
subject Christian philosophy ⓘ
Thomism ⓘ
history of philosophy ⓘ
medieval philosophy ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ

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Étienne Gilson → notable work → The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy ⓘ
The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy → originalTitle → L’esprit de la philosophie médiévale ⓘ
linked to: The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy
Being and Some Philosophers → relatedWork → The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy ⓘ
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas → relatedWorkOfAuthor → The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy ⓘ