Jacques Maritain

Jacques Maritain (November 18, 1882 – April 28, 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. He was a convert to Catholicism and the author of more than 60 books. He is responsible for reviving St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times. Pope Paul VI, a long time friend and mentor of Maritain, presented his ?Message to Men of Thought and of Science? at the close of Vatican II to Maritain.

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Maritain was born in Paris, the son of Paul Maritain who was a lawyer and his wife Genevi?ve Favre, the daughter of Jules Favre and was reared in a liberal Protestant milieu. He was sent to the school, Lyc?e Henri IV. Later, he attended the Sorbonne, studying the natural sciences; chemistry, biology and physics.

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