{"product_id":"creative-intuition-in-art-poetry","title":"Creative Intuition in Art \u0026 Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003eBy Jacques Maritain | Introduction by Raymond Hain\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cem\u003eCreative Intuition in Art and Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eencompasses the six lectures Jacques Maritain delivered as the inaugural lecturer in the A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Addressing the implications of modernist art movements, the relations between modern poetry, beauty, and the \"nonconceptual life of the intellect,” and their surrounding themes, these lectures coalesce to paint a portrait of both Maritain’s own philosophy and the debates surrounding art and meaning in the twentieth century as a whole. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eRaymond Hain’s Introduction for the new edition provides an illuminating overview of Maritain’s aesthetic philosophy and its diverse influences, including Humbert Clerissac, Charles Péguy, and Léon Bloy. Profound, difficult, and immensely rewarding, \u003ci\u003eCreative Intuition in Art and Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e belongs on the bookshelf of every true thinker.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Maritain\u003c\/b\u003e (1882–1973) was perhaps the greatest Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century. A convert, along with his wife Raïssa, from agnosticism to Catholicism, Maritain wrote extensively on metaphysics, aesthetics, epistemology, ethics, social and political philosophy, and the philosophy of history—all with the guiding inspiration of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eRaymond Hain\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of Philosophy and Associate Director of the Humanities Program at Providence College. He has published essays in various academic journals and books, including \u003ci\u003eChristian Bioethics\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Thomist\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eHuman Nature, Contemplation, and the Political Order: Essays Inspired by Jacque Maritain’s Scholasticism and Politics\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eEthics and Culture: Essays in Honor of W. David Solomon\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback:\u003c\/strong\u003e 414 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e978-1944418762\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cluny Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51320568873248,"sku":"978-1944418762","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0993\/3678\/2112\/files\/ProductImages_6x9--13.jpg?v=1773075979","url":"https:\/\/treewee.store\/products\/creative-intuition-in-art-poetry","provider":"Tree of Life","version":"1.0","type":"link"}