Jean Daujat
Daujat Jean ( Paris , 27 October 1906 - 31 May 1998 ) is a French philosopher neo-Thomism , a disciple of Jacques Maritain , founder of the Center for Religious Studies , specializing in teaching Christian doctrine.
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Biography
Daujat John was born on 27 October 1906 , in Paris to parents non-practicing believers. Instructed by his mother until the fifth level, he entered the Lycee Pasteur in 1918, fourth class. He obtained a BA in philosophy, with honors in mathematics and elementary with honors.
In September 1923, he entered into higher mathematics at the Lyce Janson-de-Sailly where he made a first mole, it will have a second high school in St. Louis that will allow it to enter the Ecole Normale Superieure in section Science. Meanwhile, his former high school biology teacher Pastor Jules Lefevre directs it to the philosophy of Saint Thomas Aquinas that he discovered through the study of Jacques Maritain ; Jules Lefevre then inform him Amedee Yvignac who had founded the French Gazette, which was subtitled "organ of Christian politics." Jean Daujat collaborated in this review that the tenors were Maritain, Henri Massis and Henri Gheon. Thus Amedee Yvignac him meet Jacques Maritain made him understand that before embarking on the great action in which he would lead the youth to reform the world, he had a humble beginning with intellectual and spiritual.
Driven by Amedeo Yvignac, he takes the father as spiritual advisor Garnier. He decided to group of young men for work of spiritual and doctrinal formation, but when hundreds were interested when it was question of political action, there remained only seven, to undertake the substantive work to the fall of 1925, which marks the humble beginning of what will be the work of his life: Religious Studies Center (ERC).
In 1926, Jean Daujat entered the Ecole Normale Superieure in the science section. In the same class, we find particularly Etienne Borne and Merleau-Ponty in the literary, the mathematician Chevalley, a founder of Bourbaki, the physicist and geneticist Rosenfeld Heir among scientists. It is near normaliens promotions including neighboring Raymond Aron , Paul Nizan , Jean-Paul Sartre , Henri Cartan and Jean Dieudonn , two of the founders of the Bourbaki group , Louis Neel , Nobel laureate in physics, Olivier Lacombe , also a disciple of Jacques Maritain and specialist in Oriental languages, Henri Marrou Irenaeus , Maurice Bardeche , Robert Brasillach , Thierry Maulnier and Simone Weil.
During this period, John continued his training Daujat philosophical and spiritual. With Maritain, he became acquainted with Bishop Ghika , Romanian prince became a Catholic priest to whom he dedicated a book some fifty years later, and Father Garrigou-Lagrange. For several years he has collaborated with writer Yvonne ERC Estienne, then their paths have separated.
Daujat wife Jean in 1930 the Danish painter Sonia Hansen, talented artist as a portraitist and landscape painter.
In 1931, Jean Daujat began teaching himself during the Centre of Religious Studies , supported by Cardinal Verdier. He begins to write a treatise on theology and spirituality, the supernatural life, which appeared in 1938 with a preface by Archbishop Beaussart and Father Garrigou-Lagrange. In 1933 he founded the monthly magazine which published guidelines until 1939. In addition to its own articles and those of Yvonne Estienne, there were authors prestigious Father Garrigou-Lagrange, Mgt Ghika, Father Lallement, Maritain, Henri Gheon , Charles Du Bos , Stanislas broth , Robert of Harcourt, Gustave Thibon , Henriette Charasson, Olivier Lacombe, Merleau-Ponty and Jacques Madaule. During the first year of philosophy was published in 1974 under the title Is there a truth? And the second year in 1970 with the title The Christian social order. After the war, his teaching was to affect thousands of students. He writes in several magazines like The New Man or The Catholic France. He published over thirty books some of which will be translated into several languages, such as Grace and we Christians demanded by Daniel-Rops , director of collection Fayard and translated into seven languages including Japanese.
It continues along a piece of history and philosophy of science. In December 1946 he defended a thesis on the history of science on the theory of electric and magnetic phenomena before a jury that includes such Gaston Bachelard and Louis de Broglie. He published two books on the philosophy of science: Modern Physics and traditional philosophy, the work of intelligence in physics.
Facing the Communist threat of war after he published a booklet showing bright perversion of it, about communism, which will be sold to hundreds of thousands of copies will be asked numerous conferences on this subject. He published his last book in 1996, ninety years, the inner side of history, from its origins to today, where he developed a deep and original thought.
He died May 31, 1998.
Works
- Origins and formation of the theory of electric and magnetic phenomena, Hermann
- The work of intelligence in physics, Tqui
- Modern physics and traditional philosophy, Descle
- Contemporary psychology and Christian thought, Tqui
- Modern ideas, replies Christian Tqui
- Christianity and modern man
- The Church and the modern world.
- Know communism, Fayard
- The Church and Socialism, Tqui
- The necessary conversion
- Knowing Christianity Tqui
- Living Christianity, Tqui
- The grace us Christians, Fayard
- Maritain, a teacher for our time, Tqui
- Monsignor Ghika, Nouvelles Editions Latina
- Therese of Lisieux, the great lover, Tqui
- Pius XI, Pope of Catholic Action, Tqui
- Supernatural life, Fayard
- Is there a truth?, Tqui
- The Christian social order, Beauchesne
- Christian doctrine and life, Tqui
- The inner side of the story, Tqui
Titles and awards
- Doctor of Letters: History of Science thesis (1946)
- Structure crowned by the Academy of Sciences: The work of intelligence in physics
- Structure crowned by the French Academy: Maritain, a teacher for our time
Honors
- Received in the Pontifical Order of St. Gregory the Great
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