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Jacques Maritain
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In the words of a 1944 review, written well in advance of twenty-first-century outcomes of educational malpractice: "It is for man that education must exist. Such a statement may seem…
Charles A Fecher
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
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Jacques Maritain was deeply engaged in the intellectual and political life of France through the turbulent decades that included the two world wars. This title collects nine lectures Maritain delivered…
Art and Scholasticism with Other Essays is a work by Catholic French Philosopher Jacques Maritain. This collection of Maritain essay’s on art include Schoolmen and the Theory of Art, Art…
The classic work on the sublime interplay between the arts and poetics
This book explores the rich and complex relationship between art and poetry, shedding invaluable light on what makes…
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This is a new release of the original 1924 edition.
In this collection of three beautifully written essays, the distinguished philosopher Jacques Maritain presents his reflections on the role of philosophy in the life of man as a social being…
This work contains the essays entitled: Schoolmen and the Theory of Art; Speculative Order and the Practical Order; Making and Action; Art an Intellectual Virtue; Art and Beauty; Rules of…
This is a new release of the original 1931 edition.
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This is a reprint of Maritain’s classic reflection on social and political issues. Maritain (1182-1973) was a French Catholic philosopher and writer and the lectures that were the basis for…
This original translation, by Edward H. Flannery, brings you one of Maritain’s most eye-opening studies of Christianity. Although not his most famous work, Maritain’s An Essay on Christian Philosophy provides…
The Dream of Descartes by Francois Mauriac contains articles appearing in 1920 and 1922, a lecture, and other essays. This book was written to determine the value and significance of…
The three books presented here were all written in the early 1930s, a time of troubles for France. It was then surrounded by enemies and was itself on the verge…
A group of essays prepared for publication by Maritain in the year before his death. The first series of articles consists of 10 philosophical essays, while second is made up…
A document of first-rate importance… . Sheer informed common sense… . This volume should be compulsory reading for all, whatever their religious beliefs or disbeliefs, who want light on the…
Originally titled Frontieres de la poesie (1935), This book by Jacques Maritain, whose philosophical writings read as interestingly as a novel, will be welcomed by all who are seeking a…
James V. Schall
The engaging and inquiring mind of French philosopher Jacques Maritain reflected on varied subjects arising from his diverse studies. In this book, James Schall explores Maritain’s political philosophy.
Allan Ggita Sj
Maritain’s education enterprise can be summarised this way: we cannot educate man unless we know who he really is. The learning subject is what should primarily interest modern educators because…
Jude P. Dougherty
Jacques Maritain was a preeminent interpreter of the thought of Thomas Aquinas and author of more than 50 books in metaphysics, the philosophy of science, aesthetics and social and political…
Hwa Yol Jung
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Drawing on the writings of Jacques Maritain - and by extension those of Thomas Aquinas - the essays in this volume examine the effects of theories of knowledge on individuals…
Ralph McInerny
In this collection of essays, Ralph McInerny portrays Jacques Maritain as a devoted Thomist, convinced that faith could never be divorced from reason and that reason without faith was meaningless…
Drawing upon the richness and breadth of Jacques Maritain’s thought, the contributors to this volume engage readers with philosophical essays about the search for truth in human life and civic…
In this collection of essays published by the American Maritain Association, leading philosophers address the project of civilizational renewal including its ethical, political, aesthetic, and religious dimensions. The authors provide…
In this collection of essays, Ralph McInerny portrays Jacques Maritain as a devoted Thomist, convinced that faith could never be divorced from reason and that reason without faith was meaningless.
John G. Trapani
Twentieth-century French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain is arguably one of the most significant contemporary disciples of St. Thomas Aquinas. Maritain’s philosophy is rooted in and logically consistent with the thought…
