Degrees of Knowledge: Collected Works Jacques Maritain V7 (Collected Works of Jacques Maritain) - Hardcover

Maritain, Jacques

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0268008760 ISBN 13: 9780268008765

Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press, 1995

Synopsis

Distinguer pour unir, ou Les degres du savoir was first published in 1932 by Jacques Maritain. In this new translation of The Degrees of Knowledge, Ralph McInerny attempts a more careful expression of Maritain's original masterpiece than previous translations. Maritain proposes a hierarchy of the forms of knowledge by discussing the degrees of rational and suprarational understanding. Nine appendices, some longer than the chapters of the book, advance Maritain's thought, often by taking on criticism of earlier editions of the work. Rightly called Maritain's cardinal work, The Degrees of Knowledge is a magnificent and sagacious achievement. Jacques Maritain's masterpiece proposes a hierarchy of forms of knowledge that culminate in mystical experience and wisdom, which is a gift of the Holy Ghost. Maritain argues that the intellectual life is meant to be complemented by the spiritual life and should culminate in sanctity.

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Review:

"The Degrees of Knowledge remains interesting and valuable because it deals with a theme that is characteristic of, but antedates, much of postmodern thought--i.e., the critique of 'modern epistemology.' --etudes maritainiennes "The Degrees of Knowledge represents one of the most complete articulations of Maritain's incorporation of the thinking of Saint Thomas Aquinas into his work." --The Library Quarterly "One can open The Degrees of Knowledge to almost any page and discover there something worth thinking about." --Pastoral Life

About the Author:

RALPH MCINERNY (1929-2010) was Michael P. Grace Professor of Medieval Studies and director emeritus of the Jacques Maritain Center, University of Notre Dame. He was the author of numerous works in philosophy, literature, fiction, and journalism, including The Very Rich Hours of Jacques Maritain, Characters in Search of Their Author, and his autobiography, I Alone Have Escaped to Tell You, all published by the University of Notre Dame Press.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0268008760
• ISBN 13: 9780268008765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 530
• Editor: McInerny Ralph