Every given reality implies the thought which apprehends it. Therefore being is the condition of knowing; knowing is not the condition of being. (Etienne Gilson)

Every given reality implies the thought which apprehends it. Therefore being is the condition of knowing; knowing is not the condition of being.

Etienne Gilson

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