“Thus society is born, as something required by nature, and (because this nature is human nature) as something accomplished through a work of reason and will, and freely consented to. Man is a political animal, which means that the human person craves political life, communal life, not only with regard to the family community, but with regard to the civil community.”
Quote by Jacques Maritain
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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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