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Of Maritain's several books, this one is today considered by many scholars to be his most significant work. It has been cited over the years by leading intellectuals such as Thomas Merton, Michael Novak, and Pope John Paul II.

Its brief 144 pages were penned in Rome from January through April of 1947, as much of Europe still lay in the ruins of war and as the terribly disappointing Its five compact chapters have resonated since first published and continue to do so all the more loudly as years progress. "Maritain (is) universally recognized as the leading Roman Catholic philosopher of our time.