"Written at the time when the first tentative steps were being taken to set up the European Union, this book examines various attempts through the history of the Western world, from Augustine to the Enlightenment, to conceive of and create a unity of humankind"--
"Written at the time when the first tentative steps were being taken to set up the European Union, this book examines various attempts through the history of the Western world, from Augustine to the Enlightenment, to conceive of and create a unity of humankind"--
"The subject of this book is the long adventure of a young Frenchman brought up in the Catholic faith who was indebted to the Church for his entire education and to the University of Paris for his philosophical training, who found himself confronted by Clio with the task of disc…
"An engaging companion piece to The Arts of the Beautiful, this volume advances Etienne Gilson's theories about art as a process of "making" by focusing on the substances available to an artist. The basis for his argument is grounded in the distinction between arts concerned wit…
