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Geauthoriseerde naam
Gilson, Étienne
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- Gilson, Étienne, 1884-1978
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- Etienne Gilson
- Gilson, Etienne
- Étienne Gilson
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Bestaansperiode
1884-1978
Geschiedenis
Etienne Gilson was a medieval scholar that was influential in Merton's early conversion to Catholicism while at Columbia University. Especially important to Merton was Gilson's book «The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy». Gilson was educated at the Sorbonne, taught throughout Europe and was later admitted to the Académie Française. He was instrumental in the founding of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto, where he was at the time of his correspondence with Merton. (Source: «The School of Charity», p. 30.)