Maurice de Gandillac

Maurice de Gandillac (French: [də ɡɑ̃dijak]; 14 February 1906 – 18 April 2006) was a French philosopher. He was born in Koléa, French Algeria and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.

He studied at the École Normale Supérieure and wrote his doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne under Étienne Gilson on the Renaissance philosopher Nicholas of Cusa.[1]

In 1946, he was appointed professor in the history of medieval and Renaissance philosophy at the Sorbonne.[2] He supervised (or examined) the doctoral dissertations of numerous students, including Kostas Axelos, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault. He also taught Louis Althusser and Jean-François Lyotard.

Notes

  1. ↑ Albertson, David (2014). Mathematical Theologies: Nicholas of Cusa and the Legacy of Thierry of Chartres. Oxford University Press. p. 282. ISBN 978-0-19-938490-7.
  2. ↑ Schrift, Alan D. (2009). Twentieth-Century French Philosophy: Key Themes and Thinkers. John Wiley & Sons. p. 129. ISBN 978-1-4051-4394-3.
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