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The mathematician always proceeds from thought to being or things. Consequently, critical idealism was born the day Descartes decided that the mathematical method must henceforth be the method for metaphysics.

Étienne Gilson

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Étienne Gilson (13 June 1884–19 September 1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy.

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Alternative Names: Étienne Henry Gilson

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