Jacques Maritainâs An Introduction to Philosophy was first published in 1931. Since then, this book has stood the test of time as a clear guide to what philosophy is and how to philosophize. Inspired by the Thomistic Revival called for...
Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) was a Neo-Thomist philosopher who taught in France and the United States and was French Ambassador to the Vatican from 1945-48. A Protestant who became a Roman Catholic through association with Leon Bloy, he devoted himself...
The essays in this volume, prepared for publication in the year before Maritainâs death, deal with truth, philosophy at the time of Vatican II, divine aseity, evolution and animal instinct, moral philosophy, existential epistemology,...
The three books in this volume were written in France in the early 1930âs. Maritain accepts the responsibility of a Christian philosopher by addressing the problems of civil and world war. He discusses issues such as the relationship...
The three books in this volume were written in France in the early 1930âs. Maritain accepts the responsibility of a Christian philosopher by addressing the problems of civil and world war. He discusses issues such as the relationship...
Maritain argues that there are different âkindsâ and âordersâ of knowledge and, within them, different âdegreesâ determined by the nature of the...
Presenting with moving insight the relations between man, as a person and as an individual, and the society of which he is a part, Maritainâs treatment of a lasting topic speaks to this generation as well as those to come. Maritain emplo...
One of the most eminent Catholic philosophers of our time explores the American system of education. He believes that it must be based on the Christian idea of man being "more a whole than a part, and more independent than servile." In his view...
The meaning of poetry and the sociological and political significance of art are dealt with in these letters. Jacques Maritain (18 November 188228 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant, he converted to Catholicism in 1906....