Maritain, Jacques
Maritain, Jacques
(1882-) Was born in Paris, educated at the Lycee Henri IV and the Sorbonne, where he studied with H. Bergson. He was converted to Catholicism in 1906. Then he studied biology with H. Driesch for two years, and the philosophy of St. Thomas with Father Clerissac. He became an ardent advocate of Thomistic philosophy, stressing its applicability to modern problems. He was a professor at the Institut Catholique (1914) and the Institute of Med. Studies, Toronto (1933), but is now lecturing in the U. S. Chief worksPhilos. Bergsonienne (1914), Distinguer pour Unir (1932), Sept Lecons sur l’Etre (1934). G. B. Phelan, Jacques Maritain (N. Y., 1937). — V.J.B.