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# Jacques Maritain

(1882–1973)   Philosopher   France

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Jacques Maritain was a philosopher from France, best known for *Three reformers*.

## Quick Facts About Jacques Maritain

Born November 18, 1882

Died April 28, 1973

Nationality France

Profession Philosopher

Notable works Three reformers

Spouse Raïssa Maritain

## About Jacques Maritain

Jacques Maritain was a French Catholic philosopher and theologian. 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. The same pope had seriously considered making him a lay cardinal, but Maritain rejected it.

## Awards & Honors

Grand prix de littérature de l'Académie française Grand prix national des Lettres Aquinas Medal Corresponding Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America

##  Quotes by Jacques Maritain · Page 2

> [God's love causes the beauty of what He loves, our love is caused by the beauty of what we love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/god-s-love-causes-the-beauty-of-what-he-loves-our-love-is-caused-by/)

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> [Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/absolute-atheism-starts-in-an-act-of-faith-in-reverse-gear-and-is-a/)

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> [Nothing is more vain than to seek to unite men by a philosophic minimum.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/nothing-is-more-vain-than-to-seek-to-unite-men-by-a-philosophic/)

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> [To redeem creation the saint wages war on the entire fabric of creation, with the bare weapons of truth and love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/to-redeem-creation-the-saint-wages-war-on-the-entire-fabric-of/)

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> [“If books were judged by the bad uses man can put them to, what book has been more misused than the Bible?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/if-books-were-judged-by-the-bad-uses-man-can-put-them-to-what-book/)

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> [To philosophize man must put his whole soul into play, in much the same manner that to run he must use his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/to-philosophize-man-must-put-his-whole-soul-into-play-in-much-the/)

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> [The equality of rights of all citizens is the basic tenet of modern democratic societies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-equality-of-rights-of-all-citizens-is-the-basic-tenet-of-modern/)

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> [In each of us there dwells a mystery, and that mystery is the human personality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/in-each-of-us-there-dwells-a-mystery-and-that-mystery-is-the-human/)

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> [A true Christian is a man who never for a moment forgets what God has done for him in Christ and whose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/a-true-christian-is-a-man-who-never-for-a-moment-forgets-what-god-has/)

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> [For to love is to give what one is, his very being, in the most absolute, the most brazenly metaphysical, the least…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/for-to-love-is-to-give-what-one-is-his-very-being-in-the-most/)

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> [It is implanted in the Christian soul, by the side of the running waters, under the sky of the theological virtues, amid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/it-is-implanted-in-the-christian-soul-by-the-side-of-the-running/)

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> [When one's function is to teach the loftiest wisdom, it is difficult to resist the temptation to believe that until you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/when-one-s-function-is-to-teach-the-loftiest-wisdom-it-is-difficult/)

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> [Authority and power are two different things: power is the force by means of which you can oblige others to obey you.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/authority-and-power-are-two-different-things-power-is-the-force-by/)

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> [Whereas the intelligence of God is both the cause and the measure of the truth of things, things are both the cause…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/whereas-the-intelligence-of-god-is-both-the-cause-and-the-measure-of/)

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> [With all his sincerity and devotion, the authentic, absolute atheist is after all only an abortive saint, and at the same time,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/with-all-his-sincerity-and-devotion-the-authentic-absolute-atheist-is/)

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> [The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that in him, at a single awakening, they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-poet-knows-himself-only-on-the-condition-that-things-resound-in/)

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> [The division between the useful arts and the fine arts must not be understood in too absolute a manner. In the humblest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-division-between-the-useful-arts-and-the-fine-arts-must-not-be/)

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> [“In periods when shallow speculation is rife, one might think that metaphysics would shine forth, at least, by the brilliance of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/in-periods-when-shallow-speculation-is-rife-one-might-think-that/)

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> [Poetic experience is distinct in nature from mystical experience. Because poetry emanates from the free creativity of the spirit,it is from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/poetic-experience-is-distinct-in-nature-from-mystical-experience/)

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> [Every work of art reaches man in his inner powers. It reaches him more profoundly and insidiously than any rational proposition, either…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/every-work-of-art-reaches-man-in-his-inner-powers-it-reaches-him-more/)

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> [The light of common sense is fundamentally the same light as that of science, that is to say, the natural light of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-light-of-common-sense-is-fundamentally-the-same-light-as-that-of/)

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> [In loving things and the being in them man should rather draw things up to the human level than reduce humanity to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/in-loving-things-and-the-being-in-them-man-should-rather-draw-things/)

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> [There is nothing man desires more than a heroic life: there is nothing less common to men than heroism.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/there-is-nothing-man-desires-more-than-a-heroic-life-there-is-nothing/)

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> [There is room neither for the poet nor for the contemplator in an egalitarian world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/there-is-room-neither-for-the-poet-nor-for-the-contemplator-in-an/)

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> [We don't love qualities; we love a person; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as their qualities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/we-don-t-love-qualities-we-love-a-person-sometimes-by-reason-of-their/)

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> [The only artist who does not deserve respect is the one who works to please the public, for commercial success or for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-only-artist-who-does-not-deserve-respect-is-the-one-who-works-to/)

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> [The sole philosophy open to those who doubt the possibility of truth is absolute silence -- even mental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-sole-philosophy-open-to-those-who-doubt-the-possibility-of-truth/)

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> [The tragedy of the modern democracies is that they have not yet succeeded in realizing democracy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-tragedy-of-the-modern-democracies-is-that-they-have-not-yet/)

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> [The love of Americans for their country is not an indulgent, it is an exacting and chastising love; they cannot tolerate its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-love-of-americans-for-their-country-is-not-an-indulgent-it-is-an/)

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> [What makes man most unhappy is to be deprived not of that which he had, but of that which he did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/what-makes-man-most-unhappy-is-to-be-deprived-not-of-that-which-he/)

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> [It is necessary that the object that the artist is shaping, whether it be a vase of clay or a fishing boat,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/it-is-necessary-that-the-object-that-the-artist-is-shaping-whether-it/)

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> [There are absolute atheists ... Absolute atheism is in no way a mere absence of belief in God. It is rather a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/there-are-absolute-atheists-absolute-atheism-is-in-no-way-a-mere/)

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> [Everywhere in the world the industrial regime tends to make the unorganized or unorganizable individual, the pauper, into the victim of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/everywhere-in-the-world-the-industrial-regime-tends-to-make-the/)

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> [Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. Here we have the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/absolute-atheism-starts-in-an-act-of-faith-in-reverse-gear-and-is-a-2/)

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> [The more the poet grows, the deeper the level of creative intuition descends into the density of his soul. Where formerly he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-maritain/the-more-the-poet-grows-the-deeper-the-level-of-creative-intuition/)

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