Being in the World

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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.

Sujets

• Philosophie
• Éthique et morale
• Philosophie de la religion
• PHILOSOPHY
• Philosophie et théologie
• Reference
• Catholicism
• Thomism
• Jacques Maritain

Informations

• Publié par: University of Notre Dame Press
• Date de parution: 15 octobre 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780268077846
• Langue: English

Extrait

The publication of this volume was made possible by funds generously provided by the Basilian Fathers of the University of St. Michael’s College.
BEING in THE WORLD
A QUOTABLE MARITAIN READER
MARIO O. D’SOUZA, C.S.B
with
JONATHAN R. SEILING
University of Notre Dame Press
Notre Dame, Indiana
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E-ISBN 978-0-268-07784-6
This e-Book was converted from the original source file by a third-party vendor. Readers who notice any formatting, textual, or readability issues are encouraged to contact the publisher at [e-mail] Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Maritain, Jacques, 1882–1973, author. [Works. Selections. English] Being in the world : a quotable Maritain reader / [edited by] Mario O. D’Souza, C.S.B with Jonathan R. Seiling. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-268-00899-X (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Maritain, Jacques, 1882–1973—Quotations. I. D’Souza, Mario O., 1956–editor. II. Seiling, Jonathan R., editor. III. Title. B2430.M32E5 2014 194—dc23 2014028629 ∞ The paper in this book meets the guidelines for permanence and durability of the Committee on Production Guidelines for Book Longevity of the Council on Library Resources. -->
Dedicated to my brother Melvyn:
With love, admiration, and the warmth of memories.
Requiescat in pace
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
Mario O. D’Souza, C.S.B
ONE. Aristotle
TWO. Art and the Artist
THREE. Being
FOUR. The Christian Life
FIVE. Christian Philosophy
SIX. The Church
SEVEN. Culture and Civilization
EIGHT. Democracy and Democratic Society
NINE. Descartes and Cartesian Philosophy
TEN. Philosophy of Education
ELEVEN. Evil
TWELVE. Ethics
THIRTEEN. Faith
FOURTEEN. Freedom
FIFTEEN. God
SIXTEEN. History
SEVENTEEN. Humanism
EIGHTEEN. Intellect and Intelligence
NINETEEN. Knowing and Knowledge
TWENTY. Man
TWENTY-ONE. Marx and Marxism
TWENTY-TWO. Metaphysics and Metaphysicians
TWENTY-THREE. Moral Philosophy
TWENTY-FOUR. Mystery and Mysticism
TWENTY-FIVE. Natural Law and Human Rights
TWENTY-SIX. The Person
TWENTY-SEVEN. The Person and the Individual
TWENTY-EIGHT. Personality
TWENTY-NINE. Philosophers
THIRTY. Philosophy
THIRTY-ONE. Poetry and the Poet
THIRTY-TWO. Politics, Society, and the State
THIRTY-THREE. Prayer and Contemplation
THIRTY-FOUR. Reason and Reasoning
THIRTY-FIVE. Science
THIRTY-SIX. Theology and the Theologian
THIRTY-SEVEN. St. Thomas and Thomism
THIRTY-EIGHT. Truth
THIRTY-NINE. Varia
FORTY. Wisdom
Bibliography of Maritain Sources Index -->
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
This work began while I was on a sabbatical in 1996–1997, after having served on the General Council of my religious congregation; I was preparing to return to my teaching position at the Faculty of Theology in the University of St. Michael’s College. During that sabbatical leave, I reread fifty-five of Maritain’s works (including two collections) in English, and I took over sixteen hundred pages of notes, partly because most of his works lack a subject index but mainly because the depth of sophistication of his thought and the variety of its application require detailed notes. I rediscovered the poignancy and beauty of his writings, and in so doing I also identified passages that could easily become part of a quotable Maritain, a collection that might interest many others besides myself. I approached Charles Van Hof at the University of Notre Dame Press, who immediately expressed enthusiasm for this project and encouraged me to pursue it. I wish to thank him for this. The manuscript subsequently moved to the desk of Stephen Little, also of the University of Notre Dame Press, and, in addition to being equally encouraging and supportive, he moved the project quickly along the path to completion. I am enormously grateful to him. I have no doubt that this work would not be realized were it not for his unfailing help, ready encouragement, peaceful demeanor, and gentle advice. Over the years, Harv Humphrey, the acting director of the University of Notre Dame Press, has also supported me with his encouragement, advice, and professionalism. I thank him as well, most sincerely.
Jonathan R. Seiling has assisted me as an associate editor at the final stages, checking quotations, editing and expanding the manuscript into new chapters, creating an index, and attending to other details. I am enormously grateful to Jonathan for his help, advice, assistance, meticulous work, and kind and patient disposition. I thank Fr. Donald Finlay, C.S.B., sometime chief librarian of the John M. Kelly Library, University of St. Michael’s College, and the library of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, and Andrew West, formerly head of cataloguing, of the John M. Kelly Library, University of St. Michael’s College, both of whom helped me build my Maritain collection.
My religious congregation, The Congregation of St. Basil—also known as the Basilian Fathers—made possible the original sabbatical, thus enabling me to devote time to this work. Maritain taught many Basilians when he held faculty positions at St. Michael’s College and the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, both in Toronto. And although I neither knew nor was taught by Maritain, those Basilians who were his students have never failed to speak of their debt to him for the intellectual and spiritual framework he gave them. They would undoubtedly echo those beautiful words of Pope Paul VI in 1973 on the occasion of Maritain’s death, describing him publicly as a “master of the art of thinking, of living, and of praying.” In thanking the Basilian Fathers, I particularly thank the then Basilian Superior General, The Very Reverend Kenneth J. Decker, C.S.B., who granted me permission for a sabbatical. I would also like to thank my local religious community, the Basilian Fathers of the University of St. Michael’s College. I have known this house since 1984, when I began my doctoral studies on Jacques Maritain’s philosophy of education at the University of Toronto. I am particularly indebted to Fr. James K. McConica, C.S.B., sometime president and vice-chancellor of the University of St. Michael’s College, who encouraged me to study Maritain. Fr. Andrew Leung, C.S.B., patiently helped me with many computer queries. Without his assistance I would still be roaming, baffled and confused, in that electronic jungle. I thank Anne Anderson, C.S.J., president and vice-chancellor of the University of St. Michael’s College, for her encouragement and support. Fr. Neil Hibberd, C.S.B., has been generous with his time in reading the introduction and has made helpful suggestions. I am very grateful to him.
Finally, I wish to express my immense gratitude to John P. O’Callaghan and Alice Osberger at the Jacques Maritain Center of the University of Notre Dame for their encouragement and for the Maritain Center’s permission to reproduce the English language quotations of Maritain’s works found in this reader.
My sister-in-law, Cynthia D’Souza, and my nieces, Melanie and Michelle, have been an inspiration to me as they have drawn comfort and strength from our Catholic faith. My one regret, as is theirs, is that my younger brother Melvyn did not live to see this book brought to print. I had told him that I would be dedicating it to him. His strong Catholic faith was a source of great comfort to us, and his devotion to the Mother of God was an inspiration. I know, however, that he rejoices from a much more enduring home. Given his faith, I thought of this comforting and faith-filled quotation from Maritain as I presided at his funeral mass:

There is something which scandalizes me: it is the manner in which Christians speak of their deceased. They call them the dead—they have not been capable of renewing the miserable human vocabulary on a point which nevertheless concerns the essential data of their faith. The dead! One attends masses for the dead! One goes to the cemetery with flowers for the dead, one prays for the dead! As if they weren’t billions of times more living than we! As if the fundamental truth stated in the Preface of the Burial Mass: vita mutatur, non tollitur— life is changed, it is not taken away—was itself a dead truth, incapable of fecundating and of transforming the common routine of our manner of conceiving and of speaking. ( NB , 266)
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations are used for works by Jacques Maritain or coauthored by Jacques and Raïssa Maritain. The full publication information for all Maritain sources quoted or cited in this reader is given in the bibliography.
AF
Art and Faith
AG
Approaches to God
AN
Antisemitism
AP
Art and Poetry
AS
Art and Scholasticism and the Frontiers of Poetry
BP
An Introduction to the Basic Problems of Moral Philosophy
BPT
Bergsonian Philosophy and Thomism
CC
On the Church of Christ
CD
Christianity and Democracy
CI
Creative Intuition in Art and Poetry
CP
An Essay on Christian Philosophy
CR
Challenges and Renewals
CW
The Collected Works of Jacques Maritain (series)
DD
The Dream of Descartes
DK
Distinguish to Unite or The Degrees of Knowledge
EC
Education at the Crossroads
EE
Existence and the Existent
EM
The Education of Man
FC
France My Country
FMW
Freedom in the Modern World
GE
God and the Permission of Evil
GJ
The Grace and Humanity of Jesus
IH
Integral Humanism
IL
An Introduction to Logic
IP
An Introduction to Philosophy
LC
Liturgy and Contemplation
LI
A Letter on Independence
LT
The Living Thoughts of Saint Paul
MP
Moral Philosophy
MS
Man and the State NB Notebooks
NC
The Things that Are Not Caesar’s
PE
St. Thomas and the Problem of Evil
PG
The Person and the Common Good
PH