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Noted French Philosopher To Give Three Talks Here

Etienne Gilson From College do France To Lecture in November

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Professor Etienne Gilson of the College do France will give three lectures here on November 1, 2, and 3, it is reported by the department of Philosophy. Professor Gilson is also head of the institute of Medieval Studies at the University of Toronto and was formerly on the staff at Harvard. He is noted the world over as an authority on medieval thought. The first two lectures will consider "the Social Function of Theology" and the third, "Duns Scotus and Heidegger's Phenomenology." Duns Scotus was leader of the movement opposing Thomas Aquinas, the great Catholic philosopher of the middle ages, while Heidegger ranks high among the thinkers of present day fanciat Germany. Only the first two lectures will be open to the general public.

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