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In point of fact, Western philosophy has never set itself free of Christianity: wherever Christianity did not have a hand in the construction of modern philosophy it served instead as a stumbling block.

Jacques Maritain

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Jacques Maritain
Age: 90 †
Born: 1882
Born: November 18
Died: 1973
Died: April 28
Diplomat
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Writer
Paris
France
Hand
Construction
Point
Wherever
Free
Block
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Western
Facts
Christianity
Hands
Instead
Never
Philosophy
Stumbling
Modern
Served

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