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Étienne Gilson

1884 - 1978

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Étienne Henri Gilson (French: [ʒilsɔ̃]; 13 June 1884 – 19 September 1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the tradition of Thomas Aquinas, although he did not consider himself a neo-Thomist philosopher. In 1946 he attained the distinction of being elected an "Immortal" (member) of the Académie française. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Étienne Gilson has received more than 225,993 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 25 in 2019). Étienne Gilson is the 428th most popular philosopher (down from 415th in 2019), the 1,287th most popular biography from France (down from 1,205th in 2019) and the 62nd most popular French Philosopher.

Gilson is most famous for his work on medieval philosophy. He was a professor at the Sorbonne and wrote many books about medieval philosophy.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Étienne Gilson ranks 428 out of 1,081Before him are Chantal Mouffe, Richard Avenarius, Franciscus Patricius, Emmanuel Mounier, Ge Hong, and Michel de Certeau. After him are Damascius, Eudemus of Rhodes, Hunayn ibn Ishaq, Adolf von Harnack, Hans Reichenbach, and Francisco Ferrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Étienne Gilson ranks 38Before him are Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Panait Istrati, Otto Rank, Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, and Charles Edward, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. After him are Petru Groza, Robert J. Flaherty, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, Empress Teimei, Louis B. Mayer, and Hugo Gernsback. Among people deceased in 1978, Étienne Gilson ranks 37Before him are Jomo Kenyatta, Nazli Sabri, Ed Wood, Harvey Milk, József Bozsik, and Tamara Karsavina. After him are Keith Moon, Charles Boyer, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, Roger Caillois, Burt Munro, and Georgi Markov.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Gilson ranks 1,287 out of 6,011Before him are Michel de Certeau (1925), Henri, Count of Paris (1908), Jean-Marc Nattier (1685), Jean-Pierre Serre (1926), Camille Jordan (1838), and John III of Navarre (1477). After him are Philipp Spener (1635), Amadeus VI, Count of Savoy (1334), Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827), B. H. Liddell Hart (1895), Georges Duby (1919), and Louis, Count of Vermandois (1667).

Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Étienne Gilson ranks 62Before him are Ernest Gellner (1925), Vincent of Beauvais (1190), Maine de Biran (1766), Richard Avenarius (1843), Emmanuel Mounier (1905), and Michel de Certeau (1925). After him are Michel Serres (1930), Alain de Benoist (1943), Petrus Ramus (1515), Pierre Duhem (1861), William of Champeaux (1070), and Antoine Destutt de Tracy (1754).