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Jacques Maritain (November 18, 1882 – April 28, 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. He was a convert to Catholicism and the author of more than 60 books. He is responsible for reviving St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times. Pope Paul VI, a long time friend and mentor of Maritain, presented his "Message to Men of Thought and of Science" at the close of Vatican II to Maritain.
Life
Maritain was born in Paris, the son of Paul Maritain who was a lawyer and his wife Geneviève Favre, the daughter of Jules Favre and was reared in a liberal Protestant milieu. He was sent to the school, Lycée Henri IV. Later, he attended the Sorbonne, studying the natural sciences; chemistry, biology and physics.
At the Sorbonne, he met Raïssa Oumansoff, a Russian Jewish émigré. They married in 1904. Furthermore, she was his intellectual partner who participated with his search for truth.
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RT @arjunvkp We dont 3 qualities we 3 persons sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities Jacques Maritain
BestRTs (RT Dragon Warrior) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:31:56 -0000
RT @arjunvkp We dont 3 qualities we 3 persons sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities Jacques Maritain
"We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities". Jacques Maritain #quote
arjunvkp (arjun vijay) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:31:35 -0000
"We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities". Jacques Maritain #quote
âGratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.â -- Jacques Maritain
cherylholt (Cheryl Holt) Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:11:13 -0000
“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.” -- Jacques Maritain
"A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences." Jacques Maritain
danscott (Dan Scott) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:06:46 -0000
"A single idea, if it is right, saves us the labor of an infinity of experiences." Jacques Maritain
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. Jacques Maritain
DanJohnson1570 (Daniel Johnson) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:08:21 -0000
Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy. Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain~ Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.
jigsawbiz (Morten Stenbaek) Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:00:43 -0000
Jacques Maritain~ Christianity taught men that love is worth more than intelligence.
Jacques Maritain - Scholarly study by William Sweet, from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Jacques Maritain - A student paper by Martin Luther King Jr. on this Catholic scholar, from a course on Christian Social Philosophy.
Jacques Maritain on the Church - Article by Bernard Doering in the Summer 2002 issue of CrossCurrents.
Meta Description: [ Jacques Maritain on the Church, an article by Bernard Doering in the
Summer 2002 issue of CrossCurrents, the journal of the Association for Religion and Intellectual Life. ]
Jacques Maritain's Philosophy of History - Includes the content of four lectures on the subject of the Philosophy of History given by Jacques Maritain.
Jacques Maritain: Modern Philosophy in the Tradition of St Thomas Aquinas - Intellectual profile by E.J. Borich.
Meta Description: [ Standing squarely in the tradition of his master, St Thomas Aquinas, Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) designated himself a Christian philosopher with the watchwords, 'I must Thomistise' as his life's work and vocation. A philosopher of being, he sought to penetrate and deepen our understanding of the... ]
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Nature and Grace: The Theological Foundations of Jacques Maritain's Public Philosophy - An article by Eduardo J. Echeverria published in Markets and Morality in 2001.
The Canadian Jacques Maritain Association - Organization dedicated to philosophy, with an emphasis on this neo-Thomistic thinker. Organizational information, events.
Meta Description: [ The Canadian Jacques Maritain Association / l'association canadienne Jacques-Maritain ]
The Jacques Maritain Center at Notre Dame - Institute dedicated to the philosopher, at this Indiana school. Includes extensive online texts, archive information.
The Window: Jacques Maritain - Concise biography of this French philosopher.
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