Download or read book Existence and the Existent written by Jacques Maritain and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a substantial philosophical work, Jacques Maritain designated Christianity as the sole full humanism. Defender of Catholic orthodoxy, he contributed to the renaissance of Thomism, which had a great influence on the philosophical renewal that took place between the two wars.