This original translation, by Edward H.
Later in life, he and his wife returned to France, where he continued to write and study Catholic scholarship until his death in 1973..
After the outbreak of WWII, Maritain relocated to the United States, where he taught at Princeton University and Columbia University.
He published widely on philosophical and political thought, and by the 1930s, he was an established thinker in the Catholic community.
Thomas Aquinas and Thomistic philosophy.
It was after this he became a well-known scholar of St.
He attended the Sorbonne to study Philosophy and natural science, and after marrying, he and his wife converted to Catholicism.
His father was a prominent lawyer and his mother the daughter of a statesman.
He was born in Paris in 1882, where he spent most of his life.
Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher and political thinker.
Flannery provides English readers with a glossary of terms to bring further understanding to Maritain\'s original words.
Discover his theses for yourself as Maritain considers the nature of philosophy, morality, and their relations to Christianity with clarity and a scholarly attention to detail.
Although not his most famous work, Maritain\'s An Essay on Christian Philosophy provides readers with an in-depth analysis and careful philosophical approach to the study of theology and, at the time of original publication, was considered to be the definitive statement of the Thomistic position.
Flannery, brings you one of Maritain\'s most eye-opening studies of Christianity.
This original translation, by Edward H
