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Jacques Maritain

1882 - 1973

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Jacques Maritain (French: [ʒak maʁitɛ̃]; 18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant, he was agnostic before converting to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books, he helped to revive Thomas Aquinas for modern times, and was influential in the development and drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Pope Paul VI presented his "Message to Men of Thought and of Science" at the close of Vatican II to Maritain, his long-time friend and mentor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jacques Maritain is the 290th most popular philosopher (down from 272nd in 2019), the 779th most popular biography from France (down from 705th in 2019) and the 38th most popular French Philosopher.

Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher, who is most famous for his work on the philosophy of St. Thomas Aquinas.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Jacques Maritain ranks 290 out of 1,267. Before him are Bruno Latour, Epimenides, Hans Jonas, Thomas Carlyle, Speusippus, and Alexander of Aphrodisias. After him are Alain Badiou, Alfred Tarski, Miskawayh, Rudolf Bultmann, Bruno Bauer, and Strato of Lampsacus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1882, Jacques Maritain ranks 42. Before him are Princess Margaret of Connaught, René Coty, Grand Duchess Olga Alexandrovna of Russia, Charles Ponzi, Robert H. Goddard, and Karol Szymanowski. After him are Hugh Dowding, A. A. Milne, Moritz Schlick, Nicolai Hartmann, Lluís Companys, and Otto Neurath. Among people deceased in 1973, Jacques Maritain ranks 38. Before him are Semyon Budyonny, Gabriel Marcel, Walter Rudolf Hess, Víctor Jara, Ingeborg Bachmann, and Gerard Kuiper. After him are Hans Albert Einstein, Lon Chaney Jr., Amílcar Cabral, Maurice René Fréchet, Frank Costello, and Luis Carrero Blanco.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jacques Maritain ranks 779 out of 6,770. Before him are Armand Fallières (1841), Guntram (532), Simon Vouet (1590), Paul-Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran (1838), Joseph Justus Scaliger (1540), and Joanna of Bourbon (1338). After him are René Clair (1898), Georges Dumézil (1898), Bertrand du Guesclin (1320), Fanny Ardant (1949), Julie Clary (1771), and Dagobert II (650).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In France

Among philosophers born in France, Jacques Maritain ranks 38. Before him are Roger Garaudy (1913), Nicole Oresme (1323), François Fénelon (1651), Sebastian Brant (1458), Raymond Aron (1905), and Bruno Latour (1947). After him are Guy Debord (1931), Roscellinus (1050), Georges Sorel (1847), Henri Lefebvre (1901), Félix Guattari (1930), and Lucien Lévy-Bruhl (1857).

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