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Jacques Maritain (18 November 1882 – 28 April 1973) was a French Catholic philosopher. Raised as a Protestant he became an agnostic before converting to Catholicism in 1906. An author of more than 60 books he helped to revive St. Thomas Aquinas for modern times and is a prominent drafter 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.

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birth date
1882-11-18
birth place
Paris
death date
1973-04-28
death place
Toulouse
era
20th-century philosophy
influenced
John Haddox, Jean Daujat, Ivan Illich, John F. X. Knasas, Yves Simon
influenced by
Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Charles Maurras, Étienne Gilson
main interest
Metaphysics, Philosophy of religion, Political philosophy, Philosophy of science
region
Western philosophy

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