Étienne Henri Gilson was a French Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the "existential" tradition of Thomas Aquinas, although he did not consider himself a neo-Thomist philosopher.
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Giovanni GentileAlso won Serena Medal
Mortimer J. AdlerAlso won Aquinas Medal
Henri PirenneAlso won Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
Michael DummettAlso won Aquinas Medal
Joseph BédierAlso won Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America
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Étienne Henri Gilson was a French Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy. A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes; he also philosophized in the "existential" 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. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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