"Humans feel at home in a world of……" — Etienne Gilson

"Humans feel at home in a world of things, whose essences and laws it can grasp and define in terms of concepts; but shy and ill at ease in a world of existences, because to exist is an act, not a thing."

Etienne Gilson

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