Humanism and Christian Humanism in Étienne Gilson
Abstract
In some articles, Gilson discusses the historiographic categories of Renaissance and humanism, noting the ambiguity and insufficiency of these labels. He describes the “literary humanism” of the Renaissance, but warns that there is a more deeply anthropological sense of “humanism” founded on the dignity and value of human nature, very far from the postulates of “atheistic humanism.” However, already in his first writings, he introduced the new expression “Christian humanism”, where human dignity is brought to its fullness by its openness to the supernatural. Otherwise perhaps Gilson is the first thinker to introduce the expression “Christian humanism” picked up years later by other authors and, finally, by the Magisterium of the Church.Downloads
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