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Étienne Gilson, an Uncommon card
Étienne Henri Gilson was a French Catholic philosopher and historian of philosophy.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 63
- DEF
- 32
- Power
- 95
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 18,000
Power 95 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 35 % of WikiCards cards.
Étienne Gilson quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Étienne Gilson card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in ______.
Answer
Literature. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. From the Étienne Gilson article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, he attained the distinction of being elected an "Immortal" of the Académie française.
Answer
1940s. In 1946, he attained the distinction of being elected an "Immortal" of the Académie française. From the Étienne Gilson article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A scholar of medieval philosophy, he originally specialised in the thought of Descartes, he also philosophized in the "existential" tradition of Thomas Aquinas, although he did not consider himself a neo-Thomist philosopher.
- In 1946, he attained the distinction of being elected an "Immortal" of the Académie française.
- He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Étienne Gilson article was read about 18,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 63 and blocks with 32: each hit it takes is cut by 13 %.
How to get Étienne Gilson
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Étienne Gilson (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : IsidoreHendrix, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
