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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 243,165 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 26 in 2019). Étienne Gilson is the 390th most popular philosopher (up from 428th in 2019), the 1,109th most popular biography from France (up from 1,283rd in 2019) and the 51st 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 390 out of 1,267. Before him are George Santayana, J. L. Austin, E. H. Carr, Mulla Sadra, Paul Tillich, and Peter Singer. After him are Heinrich Rickert, Karl Robert Eduard von Hartmann, Damascius, Alain de Lille, Kapila, and Étienne Cabet.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1884, Étienne Gilson ranks 38. Before him are Leo Frank, Max Beckmann, Carl Friedrich Goerdeler, Prince Wilhelm, Duke of Södermanland, Panait Istrati, and Otto Rank. After him are Mammad Amin Rasulzadeh, Petru Groza, Antonín Zápotocký, Hugo Gernsback, Zinaida Serebriakova, and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff. Among people deceased in 1978, Étienne Gilson ranks 36. Before him are József Bozsik, Herta Oberheuser, Ed Wood, Claude François, Tamara Karsavina, and Jomo Kenyatta. After him are Norman Rockwell, Musa al-Sadr, Charles Boyer, Giovanni Gronchi, Roger Caillois, and W. Eugene Smith.

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In France

Among people born in France, Étienne Gilson ranks 1,109 out of 6,770. Before him are Pepin II of Aquitaine (823), Henry Louis Le Chatelier (1850), Jean-Baptiste Jourdan (1762), Flora Tristan (1803), Coluche (1944), and Odile of Alsace (662). After him are Charles III of Navarre (1361), François Leclerc du Tremblay (1577), Georges Ernest Boulanger (1837), James II of Majorca (1243), La Hire (1390), and Marie Angélique de Scorailles (1661).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Étienne Gilson ranks 51. Before him are Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857), Edgar Morin (1921), Maurice Halbwachs (1877), René Girard (1923), Jean Gerson (1363), and Richard Avenarius (1843). After him are Alain de Lille (1117), Étienne Cabet (1788), Hugues Felicité Robert de Lamennais (1782), Alain de Benoist (1943), Pierre d'Ailly (1350), and Jacques Lefèvre d'Étaples (1460).

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