Teilhard de Chardin

[te-yar duh shar-dan]

noun

1. Pierre 1881–1955, French Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and philosopher.

Teilhard de Chardin

/ tɛjar də ʃardɛ̃ /

noun

1. Pierre (pjɛr). 1881–1955, French Jesuit priest, palaeontologist, and philosopher. The Phenomenon of Man (1938–40), uses scientific evolution to prove the existence of God

Example Sentences

Then Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia,” a Penguin edition of Sophocles, “The Three Theban Plays,” and two books by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: “The Phenomenon of Man” and “Writings Selected.”

From New York Times

And I can tell you that the closest he came to making a move in his office was reaching for a book by Teilhard de Chardin to give me.

From New York Times

He recalls Pierre Teilhard de Chardin’s admonition, “Joy is the most infallible sign of the presence of God.”

From Washington Post

Curry quoted Martin Luther King and Teilhard de Chardin, and his voice rumbled with gospel power.

From The Guardian

“The late French Jesuit, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, was at once a scientist, a Roman Catholic priest, a theologian, a true mystic,” said Curry in his sermon.

From National Geographic