Approaches to God - Softcover

Jacques Maritain|John T Trapani Jr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0809148331 ISBN 13: 9780809148332

Publisher: Paulist Press, 2015

Synopsis

Maritain considers the intuitive or pre-philosophic approach and the famous five ways to God of St. Thomas Aquinas incorporated with recent progress in thought and science. Finally, he proposes a sixth way, based on the spiritual nature of the intellect, and deals with poetic creativeness, moral experience, and the testimony of the heroes of moral life. In his accessible but thought-provoking work, he shows in profoundly reasoned and beautifully written arguments the value of each approachfor there are as many paths to God as there are roads to the human heart.|Maritain considers the intuitive or pre-philosophic approach and the famous five ways to God of St. Thomas Aquinas incorporated with recent progress in thought and science. Finally, he proposes a sixth way, based on the spiritual nature of the intellect, and deals with poetic creativeness, moral experience, and the testimony of the heroes of moral life. In his accessible but thought-provoking work, he shows in profoundly reasoned and beautifully written arguments the value of each approachfor there are as many paths to God as there are roads to the human heart.

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About the Author

Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), distinguished French Catholic philosopher and writer, is regarded as the preeminent contemporary interpreter of the thought of Thomas Aquinas. Maritain was a professor of philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Paris, Columbia University, and Princeton University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Paulist Press
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0809148331
• ISBN 13: 9780809148332
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128