St. Thomas Aquinas

292 Pages·1962·14.301 MB·English

by  Jacques Maritain

JACQUES MARITAIN

St. Thomas Aquinas

JACQUES MARITAIN
THOMAS AQUINAS
Meridian Books, Inc,
New York
ACKNOWLEDGMENT
The translation of the encyclical Aeterni Patris of Leo
XIII, as well as the Introduction, Summary, and
Variant Readings to the encyclical, are reprinted from
The Church Speaks to the Modern World by Etienne
Gilson, published by Doubleday & Company, Inc.
(Image Books), copyright 1954 by Doubleday & Com¬
pany, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the publishers.
The translation of the encyclical Humani Generis of
Leo XIII is reprinted by permission of the National
Catholic Welfare Conference.
First edition of Saint Thomas Aquinas, translated by
J. F. Scanlan, published by Sheed & Ward, 1931
Meridian Edition newly translated and revised by
Joseph W. Evans and Peter O’Reilly
First published October 1958
First printing September 1958
Copyright 1958 by Jacques Maritain
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 57-10837
Manufactured in the United States of America
JACQUES MARITAIN
Jacques Maritain was born in Paris in 1882. One of the
major Christian thinkers in the world today, Maritain
seeks, through the reconsideration of the philosophy
of Saint Thomas Aquinas, to interpret anew the bases
of modern thought. Since the war, Maritain has lived
with his wife, the poet Raissa Maritain, at their home
in Princeton.
His works in English include: The Degrees of Knowl¬
edge; True Humanism; Art and Scholasticism; Exist¬
ence and the Existent; Creative Intuition in Art and
Poetry; On the Philosophy of History; and Reflections
on America.
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in 2017 with funding from
Kahle/Austin Foundation
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TO
JOSEPH W. EVANS
AND
PETER O’REILLY
WITH AFFECTIONATE GRATITUDE