Étienne Gilson, Duns Scotus, and Actual Existence: Weighing the Charge of ‘Essentialism’
Étienne Gilson juxtaposes what he calls Aquinas’s “existentialism” to what he calls Scotus’s “essentialism.” For Gilson, “existentialism” is philosophical truth, the only view compatible with an authentically Christian metaphysic, while “essentialism” is a Hellenic mistake that seduces Christian phi...
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International Étienne Gilson Society
2017-09-01
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| Series: | Studia Gilsoniana |
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| Online Access: | http://gilsonsociety.com/files/331-364-Helms.pdf |