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1952 In Philosophy
1952 in philosophy Events Publications * Jacques Maritain, ''The Range of Reason'' (1952, original publication?) * Paul Tillich, '' The Courage to Be'' (1952) * C. S. Lewis, '' Mere Christianity'' (1952) * Leo Strauss, '' Persecution and the Art of Writing'' (1952) * Simone Weil, '' Gravity and Grace'' (1952) Births * March 11 - Douglas Adams (died 2001) * March 12 - André Comte-Sponville * April 1 - Bernard Stiegler * April 9 - Robert Zubrin * April 15 - Avital Ronell * August 8 - Jostein Gaarder * October 27 - Francis Fukuyama * Galen Strawson (unknown) * Manuel de Landa (unknown) Deaths * May 6 - Maria Montessori (born 1870) * June 1 - John Dewey (born 1859) * September 26 - George Santayana (born 1863) * November 20 - Benedetto Croce (born 1866) References {{Reflist Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain (; 18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised Protestant, he was agnostic before converting to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive Thomas Aquinas for modern times, and was influential in the development and drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pope Paul VI presented his "Message to Men of Thought and of Science" at the close of Vatican II to Maritain, his long-time friend and mentor. The same pope had seriously considered making him a lay cardinal, but Maritain rejected it. Maritain's interest and works spanned many aspects of philosophy, including aesthetics, political theory, philosophy of science, metaphysics, the nature of education, liturgy and ecclesiology. 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 Ly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
