Maurice de Gandillac (; 14 February 1906 â 18 April 2006) was a French philosopher. He was born in Koléa, French Algeria and died in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France.
He wrote his doctoral thesis at the Sorbonne under ÃÂtienne Gilson on the Renaissance philosopher Nicholas of Cusa.
In 1946, he was appointed professor in the history of medieval and Renaissance philosophy at the Sorbonne. He supervised (or examined) the doctoral dissertations of numerous students, including Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, Michel Foucault, and Jean-François Lyotard.