«El Estado no es la suprema encarnación de la Idea, como creía Hegel. (..) Es un instrumento al servicio del hombre. Poner al hombre al servicio de este instrumento es una perversión política. (..) El hombre no es en modo...
Una obra clásica que recuerda que, más allá de la transmisión de competencias técnicas, la misión esencial de la educación es ayudar a la persona a crecer como persona.
«.. cada ser humano es, como el bruto, la planta o el átomo, un individuo, es decir, un fragmento de una especie, una parte de este universo, un punto singular de la inmensa red de fuerzas e influencias cósmicas, étnicas, hist&o...
«El Estado no es la suprema encarnación de la Idea, como creía Hegel. No es una especie de superhombre colectivo. El Estado no es más que un órgano habilitado para hacer uso del poder y la coerción y compuesto de...
Roma, 1917, als voltants de Pasqua. Després de quinze dies de feina amb Parade, que no ens ha deixat temps per veure res, ens passegem Picasso i jo. picasso. ?Visitem aquesta església. (L?església està plena de fidels, de canel...
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,...
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. In his concern for the social relevance of philosophy, Professo...
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. In his concern for the social relevance of philosophy, Professo...
Jacques Maritain was deeply engaged in the intellectual and political life of France through the turbulent decades that included the two world wars. Accordingly, his philosophical reflections often focus on an attempt to discover man's role in sustaining...
"Of time-transcending value, this book is probably the most succinct and clearest statement of Thomistic political theory available to the English-language reader. Written during his exile from war-torn Europe, Man and the State is the fruit of Maritain's...
At eighty-five, Jacques Maritain, the most distinguished Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century, has written what he offers as his last book, and it turns out to be a shocker. The peasant, as Maritain calls himself in the title, is a man who calls...
"An Introduction to Logic" by H.W.B. Joseph, first published in 1906, offers a comprehensive exploration of the principles of logical thought and reasoning. This classic text delves into the fundamental concepts of logic, examining both deductive...
Published in 1913 as La Philosophie Bergsonienne , this incisive critique of the thought of Henri Bergson was Jacques Maritains (1882-1973) first book. In it he shows himself already to have an authoritative grasp of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas and...
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 presented in this volume, Integral Humanism , Freedom in the Modern World , and A Letter on Independence , were all written in the early 1930s, a time of dire trouble for France. France was then surrounded by enemies preparing for war and...