Le Docteur Angelique - Limited edition {reflections on the life and work of St. Thomas Aquinas}

Maritain, Jacques

Published by Paul Hartmann, 1929

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Paris: Paul Hartmann, 1929. Stiff ivory wraps as issued. untrimmed front edge, excellent paper, typography and margins. "450 exemplaires sur velin lafuma numberotes de 21 a 470. Limited and numbered edition #445. Wraps lightly soiled and sunned, else good. Scarce. Occasional pencil markings. Jacques Maritain (1882?1973) was perhaps the greatest Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century. He wrote extensively on metaphysics, aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, and the philosophy of history?all with the guiding inspiration of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.Chapitre: I. Le Sain; II. The Sage Architecte; III. Le Docteur Commun; Annexes: I Apotre des temps modernes; II Tableuax chronologiques; III Temoignages des Souverains Pontifes. "Rebutting the common and mistaken claims that Thomism is a hidebound school of thought, nostalgic for a bygone age and opposed to progress, The Angelic Doctor: The Life and Thought of Saint Thomas Aquinas makes abundantly clear the power and pertinence of Thomistic thought for any and all ages in history.". Seller Inventory # 313000

Bibliographic Details

Title: Le Docteur Angelique - Limited edition {...

Publisher: Paul Hartmann

Publication Date: 1929

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Good

Edition: First edition.