Jacques Maritain

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Jacques Maritain was a prominent 20th-century French Catholic philosopher known for his work in neo-Thomism, political philosophy, and the philosophy of human rights.

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instanceOf 20th-century philosopher
Catholic philosopher
French person
human
philosopher
citizenship France
countryOfBirth France
countryOfDeath France
dateOfBirth 1882-11-18
dateOfDeath 1973-04-28
educatedAt Lycée Henri-IV
Sorbonne NERFINISHED
employer Institut Catholique de Paris
Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies
Princeton University
familyName Maritain
fieldOfWork aesthetics
ethics
metaphysics
philosophy
philosophy of education
philosophy of human rights
political philosophy
fullName Jacques Maritain
givenName Jacques NERFINISHED
influenced Catholic social teaching
Christian democracy
personalism
influencedBy Aristotle
Henri Bergson
Léon Bloy NERFINISHED
Thomas Aquinas
knownFor contributions to Catholic social thought
defense of natural law
development of neo-Thomism
influence on modern human rights theory
languageOfWorkOrName French
movement Thomism
neo-Thomism
nationality French
notableWork An Introduction to Philosophy
Art and Scholasticism
Integral Humanism
Man and the State
The Degrees of Knowledge
The Person and the Common Good
True Humanism
occupation philosopher
professor
placeOfBirth Paris
placeOfDeath Toulouse NERFINISHED
positionHeld French ambassador to the Holy See
religion Roman Catholicism
spouse Raïssa Maritain

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St. Thomas Aquinas
Étienne Gilson
influenced
Jacques Maritain ("Maritain")
familyName
Jacques Maritain
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