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The Range of Reason

Name: The Range of Reason
Author: Jacques Maritain

The Range of Reason is a 1952 book of essays by Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain. The text presents a Thomist philosophy regarding religion and morality. It contains a study of Atheism, titled "The Meaning of Contemporary Atheism", which has had a considerable impact on Catholic views of Atheism.

“With all his sincerity and devotion, the authentic, absolute atheist is after all only an abortive saint, and at the same time, a mistaken revolutionist.”

Jacques Maritain book The Range of Reason

The Range of Reason (1952), p. 113.

“Absolute atheism starts in an act of faith in reverse gear and is a full-blown religious commitment. Here we have the first internal inconsistency of contemporary atheism: it proclaims that all religion must necessarily vanish away, and it is itself a religious phenomena.”

Jacques Maritain book The Range of Reason

The Range of Reason (1952). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, p. 106.

“The first step to be taken by everyone who wishes to act morally is to decide not to act according to the general customs and doings of his fellow-men.”

Jacques Maritain book The Range of Reason

The Range of Reason (1952), p. 137.

“The hope of the coming of a new Christian era in our civilization is to my mind a hope for a distant future, a very distant future.”

Jacques Maritain book The Range of Reason

The Range of Reason (1952), p. 217.