Jacques Maritain Quotes on Truth
Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher and one of the architects of the twentieth-century revival of Thomism. This page collects quotes attributed to Jacques Maritain on the topic of truth, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Jacques Maritain:
“Distinguish in order to unite.”
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Attributed to Jacques Maritain:
“The thirst for poetry is one of the most spiritual thirsts in the human being.”
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Attributed to Jacques Maritain:
“The philosopher is the friend of being.”
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“If it is correct to say that there will always be rightist temperaments and leftist temperaments, it is nevertheless also correct to say that political philosophy is neither rightist nor leftist; it must simply be true .”
The Twilight of Civilization (1939). London: Sheed & Ward, 1946, p. 41.