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Title: Excellent for starters!
Review: For the new student learning philosophy, Gilson is very readable and the necessary starting point. He presents a comprehensive review of western philosophy, which is not easy. Nonetheless he gives a baseline from which to assess the various philosophies that developed and deviated over the centuries. Gilson left me wanting to learn more about the great Scholastic philosophers and thus read more of the subject, especially his work. I think this book is a great place for wanna-be serious thinkers to get their philosophical legs under them.
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