The most well known and enduring of Maritain's many books. It offers a clear introduction to philosophy and theology from the archaic era through to the Ancient Greeks right up to the 20th Century.
Author description
Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) was a philosopher who taught in France and the United States and was French Ambassador to the Vatican from 1945-48. A Protestant who became a Roman Catholic he devoted himself to the study of Thomism and its application to all aspects of modern life and urged Christian involvement in secular affairs.
