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Maritain

American  
[ma-ree-tan] / ma riˈtɛ̃ /

noun

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


Maritain British  
/ maritɛ̃ /

noun

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

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“One is tempted to say that attention to the political is too much,” wrote Jacques Maritain, the French postwar ambassador to the Vatican, “considering the essential role of the Church.”

From Salon • Oct. 17, 2015

“Coming from a big public high school, G. K. Chesterton or Hilaire Belloc or Jacques Maritain or Evelyn Waugh — these are writers I wouldn’t have run across,” she said.

From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2015

There are a lot of serious thinkers cited throughout the book, people like Niebuhr, Jacques Maritain and John Courtney Murray.

From New York Times • Apr. 26, 2012

He also reportedly considered making Maritain a cardinal, but the philosopher rejected the suggestion.

From Time Magazine Archive

He returned almost immediately with the book Scholasticism and Politics, by Jacques Maritain.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

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