The Philosopher and Theology

254 Pages·2020·13.768 MB·English

by  Étienne Gilson

PHILOSOPHER
AND
THEOLOGY

Books by Etienne Gilson
Jean Duns Scot
The Philosophy of St. Bonaventure
Painting and Reality
Heloise and Abelard
Dante the Philosopher
Reason and Revelation in the Middle Ages
The Mystical Theology of St. Bernard
God and Philosophy
Christianity and Philosophy
Being and Some Philosophers
The Unity of Philosophical Experience
Elements of Christian Philosophy
The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy
History of Christian Philosophy in the Middle Ages
The Christian Philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas
The Christian Philosophy of Saint Augustine
The Philosopher and Theology
PHILOSOPHER
AND THEOLOGY
BY ETIENNE GILSON
Translated from the French by Cecile Gilson
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JLhilosophy is the handmaid of theology.
Of course. (After all, Mary is the handmaid
of the Lord. But let not the handmaid
)
quarrel with the mistress, and let not the mistress
carp at the handmaid. A stranger might
come who would rapidly settle the question.
Charles Peguy