Footnotes to Plato from the foothills of the Superstition Mountains

Category: Jewish Philosophy

  • Étienne Gilson on the Jewish Philosophers He Knew

    Étienne Gilson (1884-1978) writing in 1962 about his experiences as a student at the Sorbonne circa 1900: . . . instead of resorting to philosophy for a better understanding of their religious faith, as Christian philosophers do, the Jews I have known have used philosophy to liberate themselves from their religion. Christians philosophize to  identify…