GILSON

Meaning of GILSON in English

/zheel sawonn"/ , n.

Étienne Henry /ay tyen" ahonn rddee"/ , 1884-1978, French historian.

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GILSON, TIENNE — born June 13, 1884, Paris, France died Sept. 19, 1978, Cravant in full tienne-henry Gilson French Christian philosopher and historian …
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GILSON, ETIENNE — Additional reading Laurence K. Shook, Etienne Gilson (1984).
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FARLOW, WILLIAM GILSON — born Dec. 17, 1844, Boston died June 3, 1919, Cambridge, Mass. mycologist and plant pathologist who pioneered investigations in plant …
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MARCEL, GABRIEL — Additional reading Biography. Marie-Madeleine Davy, Un Philosophe itinerant, Gabriel Marcel (1959); Gabriel Marcel, An Essay in Autobiography, in The Philosophy …
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DESCARTES, RENE — Additional reading Life Basic biographical sources are Descartes's own works and letters. Adrien Baillet, La Vie de Monsieur Des-Cartes, 2 …
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ABELARD, PETER — born 1079, Le Pallet, near Nantes, Brittany [now in France] died April 21, 1142, Priory of Saint-Marcel, near Chalon-sur-Sane, Burgundy …
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THANK — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a letter of thanks/introduction/complaint etc ▪ I finally got a letter of apology from the …
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BACKWASH — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ I don't want to be left in the backwash when Gilson realizes the company's …
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