Description
| Product ID: | 9780268002046 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Person and the Common Good |
| Authors: | Author: Jacques Maritain, John J. Fitzgerald |
| Page Count: | 110 |
| Subjects: | Philosophy, Philosophy |
| Description: | Presenting with moving insight the relations between man, as a person and as an individual, and the society of which he is a part, Maritain's treatment of a lasting topic speaks to this generation as well as those to come. The Person and the Common Good, originally published in 1947, presents Jacques Maritain''s clearest and most sustained treatment of the person. He asks whether the person is simply the self and nothing more. After more than half a century, Maritain''s question still has great validity, given the current inordinate preoccupation with individualism. Presenting with moving insight the relations between man, as a person and as an individual, and the society of which he is a part, Maritain''s treatment of a lasting topic speaks to this generation as well as those to come. He makes clear the personalism rooted in the doctrine of St. Thomas and separates the social philosophy centered in the dignity of the human person from every social philosophy centered in the primacy of the individual and the private good. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Notre Dame Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Notre Dame Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 1994-04-22 |
