The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy

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book philosophical work

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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The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy canonical	3
L’esprit de la philosophie médiévale	1

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instanceOf	book ⓘ philosophical work ⓘ
author	Étienne Gilson ⓘ
centralClaim	Christian philosophy ⓘ surface form: 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 Necessary Existent ⓘ surface form: 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-scholasticism ⓘ surface form: neo-Thomist movement studies in medieval metaphysics ⓘ
influencedBy	Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Bonaventure ⓘ Duns Scotus ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: 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	The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Being and Some Philosophers → relatedWork → The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy ⓘ

The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas → relatedWorkOfAuthor → The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy ⓘ