Claude Tresmontant
Claude Tresmontant (born August 5, 1925 in Paris , † April 16, 1997 in Paris) was a French philosopher.
Life
Claude Tresmontant taught Medieval Philosophy and Philosophy of Science at the Sorbonne . He was a member of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques , which awarded him the Grand Prize for his complete works in 1987. In 1973 Tresmontant received the Maximilien Kolbe Prize.
Tresmontant examined as exegete the history of Christianity since his Hebrew origins. He recognized the influences of the disciplines of morality , anthropology and metaphysics , which in historical times came from China , India and Greece , like in a phylum . As a supporter of modern Catholic theology , Tresmontant took the view that the data of current scientific knowledge - especially in cosmology and biology - point to an existence of God .
Claude Tresmontant was the administrator of the theological works of Pierre Teilhard de Chardins .
Publications
Monographs
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Essai sur la pensée hébraique. Cerf, Paris 1953
- German edition: Biblical thinking and Hellenic tradition. One try. Translated from the French by Fridolin Stier . Patmos, Düsseldorf 1956
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Introduction a la pensée de Teilhard de Chardin. Seuil, Paris 1956
- German edition: Introduction to Teilhard de Chardin's thinking. Translated from the French by Eva Feichtinger. Alber, Freiburg im Breisgau 1956
- Paul . Translated from the French by Oswalt von Nostitz . Rowohlt, Hamburg 1959
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La Doctrine morale des prophetes d'Israel.
- German edition: Moral existence among the prophets of Israel. Translated from the French by Herbert PM Schaad. Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 1962
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Les Idées maîtresses de la métaphysique chrétienne. Paris 1962
- German edition: The reason of faith. The challenge of metaphysics through the church teaching. Translated from the French by Leo Pollmann . Patmos, Düsseldorf 1964
- Comment se pose aujourd'hui le probleme de l'existence de Dieu. Seuil, Paris 1966
editor
- Maurice Blondel / Lucien Laberthonnière: Correspondance philosophique. Seuil, Paris 1961
literature
- Philippe Gagnon: Christianisme et théorie de l'information. Science et théologie dans l'œuvre de Claude Tresmontant. Guibert, Paris 1998
- Paul Mirault: Une initiation à la philosophie de Claude Tresmontant, ou, la mélodie de l'univers. Harmattan, Paris 2008
Web links
- Literature by and about Claude Tresmontant in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Tresmontant, Claude |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French philosopher |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 5, 1925 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
DATE OF DEATH | April 16, 1997 |
Place of death | Paris |