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- Referring to Thomism as Existentialist Intellectualism, Maritain believed that to exist is to act. His philosophy contained elements of humanism; he emphasized the importance of the individual as well as the Christian community.
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Dec 5, 1997 · Jacques Maritain (1882–1973), French philosopher and political thinker, was one of the principal exponents of Thomism in the twentieth century and an influential interpreter of the thought of St Thomas Aquinas. 1. Life. 2. General Background. 3. Principal Contributions. 3.1 Metaphysics. 3.2 Epistemology. 3.3 Philosophy of Nature.
Aug 26, 2020 · When pointing out the deficits of contemporary existentialism, Maritain outlines a brief genealogy of the decline of modern existentialism from Kierkegaard to the relativism, atheism, and nihilism that infect contemporary thought.
- Lee C. Barrett
- lbarrett@lancasterseminary.edu
- 2020
We learn about freedom in Jacques Maritain in two ways: from what he says specifically about it and from what he says about the "wrong" meaning of freedom others entertain.
FROM EXISTENTIAL EXISTENTIALISM TO ACADEMIC EXISTENTIALISM By JACQUES MARITAIN IN the last essay he left to his friends before being led away to be slaughtered in the prisons of racism, Benjamin Fon dane wrote that for Kierkegaard and the "first existential generation" the nothingness that anguish reveals to us "is not a
Oct 7, 2010 · Existence and the existent. by. Maritain, Jacques, 1882-1973. Publication date. 1957. Topics. Existentialism. Publisher. Garden City, N. Y., Image Books.
The foundation of Maritain's thought is Aristotle, Aquinas, and the Thomistic commentators, especially John of St. Thomas. He is eclectic in his use of these sources. Maritain's philosophy is based on evidence accrued by the senses and acquired by an understanding of first principles.
There are several reasons for dwelling on the life of Jacques Maritain. To begin, to weave a narrative, as Mclnerny. does, of the connection between Maritain's life and thought is to gain a. deeper understanding of that thought. Moreover, Maritain's thought evolved; and regardless of whether one prefers the earlier Maritain or.
