Emmanuel Mounier Quotes
Emmanuel Mounier was a French Catholic philosopher and the founder of the personalist movement and its journal Esprit, founded in 1932. Drawing on Bergson, Maritain, and the Christian existentialism of Marcel, he articulated a third way between liberal individualism and totalitarian collectivism that took the unique person, irreducible to economic or political function, as the center of philosophical and political reflection. The quotes below are attributed to Emmanuel Mounier, organized by topic.
Emmanuel Mounier on Freedom
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Attributed to Emmanuel Mounier:
“Each person is an absolute over which no other has any title.”
Emmanuel Mounier on God
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Attributed to Emmanuel Mounier:
“The Christian must be in history without being of it.”
Emmanuel Mounier on Love
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Attributed to Emmanuel Mounier:
“To exist personally is to communicate.”
Emmanuel Mounier on Mind
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Attributed to Emmanuel Mounier:
“The person is not a thing among things, but a presence among presences.”
Emmanuel Mounier on Politics
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Attributed to Emmanuel Mounier:
“Personalism rejects both individualism and collectivism.”