A review of "Bergsonian Philosophy and Thomism" by Jacques Maritain
This book is either badly written in original, badly translated, or both. The sentences are long and meandering, occasionally one sentence makes up an entire paragraph! The style is such that the reader doesn't always know whether Maritain is describing Bergson's positions or his own (shades of St.Thomas and his scholastic method?).
Frankly, I stopped reading this book after a few chapters. It gave me a headache. Besides, we already know why Neo-Thomists reject Bergsonism. "Rome has spoken, the matter is settled".
The rest is just commentary.
This book is either badly written in original, badly translated, or both. The sentences are long and meandering, occasionally one sentence makes up an entire paragraph! The style is such that the reader doesn't always know whether Maritain is describing Bergson's positions or his own (shades of St.Thomas and his scholastic method?).
Frankly, I stopped reading this book after a few chapters. It gave me a headache. Besides, we already know why Neo-Thomists reject Bergsonism. "Rome has spoken, the matter is settled".
The rest is just commentary.
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