Freedom in the Modern World Stories The inspiration for these forty-five

The inspiration for these forty-five meditations was an arresting question once posed to Bede Jarrett

ought to be considered as “the response of faith to the word of God as it proceeded from that Council

Cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church

first published in English in 1962

it was not anger… He knew not what it was—these were the eyes of a man who came from a land that has never been seen by the living

Freedom in the Modern World Stories The inspiration for these forty-fiveBy Jacques Maritain Reason, freedom, and law: upon these three principles, asserts Jacques Maritain, civilization rests. For the modern world, these principles have regularly proved disposable, and the protean will to power has arisen to take their place. A return to the proper order requires a deep understanding of freedom and acceptance of its attendant risks as well as its rewards. In Freedom in the Modern World, Jacques Maritain devotes himself to