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Quote by Jacques Maritain

“The poet knows himself only on the condition that things resound in him, and that in him, at a single awakening, they and he come forth together out of sleep.”

Quote by Jacques Maritain

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Jacques Maritain
Jacques Maritain

Jacques Maritain was a French philosopher born on November 18, 1882, in Paris, France, and died on April 28, 1973. He is considered one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century, renowned for his contributions to Christian philosophy, political philosophy, and aesthetics. more

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