Maritain

American  

[ma-ree-tan] / ma riˈtɛ̃ /

noun

1. Jacques 1882–1973, French philosopher and diplomat.

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Maritain British  

/ maritɛ̃ /

noun

1. Jacques (ʒak). 1882–1973, French neo-Thomist Roman Catholic philosopher

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Example Sentences

The Christian philosopher Jacques Maritain became his spiritual adviser.

From Washington Post

French Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain, who was involved in the debates surrounding the Universal Declaration, said, “We agree on these rights, providing we are not asked why. With the ‘why,’ the dispute begins.”

From Washington Post

He also recognized, well before such Catholic thinkers as Simone Weil and Jacques Maritain, that new conceptions of social interdependence, individual agency, and cosmopolitan responsibility were needed to save the world from the delusions of individualism and collectivism.

From The New Yorker

Maritain correctly described satyagraha as “spiritual warfare.”

From The New Yorker

A few years later, as World War II raged, the Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain took up this argument.

From Washington Post