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The work of the lay Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) continues to provoke and inspire readers to engage in a Thomistic approach to many of the questions facing the world today. Maritain’s wide-ranging thought touched on many fields, including aesthetics, anthropology, educational theory, moral philosophy, and ethics, as well as Thomism and its relationship to other philosophical stances.
In Being in the World: A Quotable Maritain Reader, Mario O. D’Souza, C.S.B., has selected seven hundred and fifty of the most salient quotations found in the English translations of fifty-four works by Jacques Maritain. Organized into forty thematic chapters, ordered alphabetically, the book serves as an overview of the areas that Maritain's writings addressed. By referring to entries in Being in the World, readers can quickly locate key passages in Maritain’s writing on a given topic and then turn elsewhere to the full texts for more in-depth study. Complete with a detailed index of key terms, the Reader will be an essential reference tool for the study of Maritain in English.
“The editors of this collection of the writings of Jacques Maritain, one of the outstanding philosopher/theologians of the mid-20th century, provide a readable and ‘quotable’ resource for contemporary students, scholars, and theologians. D’Souza re-read 55 of Jacques Maritain’s works, took over 1,700 pages of notes, and organized them into a quotable corpus of 40 topics from ‘Aristotle’ to ‘Wisdom.’ The result is what well may be a classic study.” —The Catholic Journalist
Mario O. D'Souza, C.S.B., is dean emeritus of the Faculty of Theology at the University of St. Michael's College, Toronto, where he holds the Basilian Fathers Chair in Religion and Education.
Jonathan R. Seiling is an independent scholar affiliated with the University of Toronto.
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction by Mario O. D’Souza, C.S.B
1. Aristotle
2. Art and the Artist 18
3. Being
4. The Christian Life
5. Christian Philosophy
6. The Church
7. Culture and Civilization
8. Democracy and Democratic Society
9. Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy
10. Philosophy of Education
11. Evil
12. Ethics
13. Faith
14. Freedom
15. God
16. History
17. Humanism
18. Intellect and Intelligence
19. Knowing and Knowledge
20. Man
21. Marx and Marxism
22. Metaphysics and Metaphysicians
23. Moral Philosophy
24. Mystery and Mysticism
25. Natural Law and Human Rights
26. The Person
27. The Person and the Individual
28. Personality
29. Philosophers
30. Philosophy
31. Poetry and the Poet
32. Politics, Society, and the State
33. Prayer and Contemplation
34. Reason and Reasoning
35. Science
36. Theology and the Theologian
37. St. Thomas and Thomism
38. Truth
39. Varia
40. Wisdom
Bibliography of Maritain Sources
Index