MERTON'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH:
Gilson, Étienne, 1884-1978
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Descriptive Summary
Record Group: Section A - Correspondence
Dates of materials: 1949-1968
Volume: 11 item(s); 17 pg(s)
Scope and Content
Merton wrote to Gilson to express his appreciation for Gilson's books. Merton and Gilson occasionally exchange letters about medieval philosophy and the School of Chartres. There are original letters from Gilson and a carbon copy of a letter from Merton. In addition, there is one letter from Gilson to Daniel Walsh.
Biography
Etienne Gilson was a medieval scholar that was influential in Merton's early conversion to Catholicism while at Columbia University. Especially important to Merton was Gilson's book The Spirit of Medieval Philosophy. Gilson was educated at the Sorbonne, taught throughout Europe and was later admitted to the Académie Française. He was instrumental in the founding of the Pontifical Institute of Medieval Studies in Toronto, where he was at the time of his correspondence with Merton. (Source: The School of Charity, p. 30.)
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See also published letters from Merton to Gilson in The School of Charity, pp. 30-31 (not in School of Charity index) and 148-149; and see also "Walsh, Daniel" file.
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