"Faith comes to intelligence as a light that……" — Etienne Gilson
"Faith comes to intelligence as a light that overflows it with joy and inspires it with a certitude that does away with question."
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Etienne Gilson
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9 Quotes by Etienne Gilson
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If our previous analyses are correct, they all point to the same conclusion, that metaphysical adventures are doomed to fail…
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To minds tormented by the divine thirst, it is useless to offer the most certain knowledge of the laws of…
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Radiance belongs to being considered precisely as beautiful: it is, in being, that which catches the eye, or the ear,…
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Philosophy always buries its undertakers.
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History is the only laboratory we have in which to test the consequences of thought.
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