His early years were spent as a professor of geology at the catholic institute in paris. Pdf teilhard and other modern thinkers on evolution, mind, and. There is an urgent need to reclaim him as a french catholic theologian with intellectual roots in the early twentieth century. Blending science and christianity, he declared that the human epic resembles nothing so much as a way of the cross. Regarding the future of the human race, he deals with topics. Fortunately, many of his works available online and in downloadable ebook format for free through the community books open source initiative. Une edition numerique realisee par gemma paquet, benevole. Le phenomene humain le choix meme du titre lindique.
We hope to make it accessibleclearly, simply, and understandablyto those who wish to experience it. His visionary writings on the reconciliation of faith and evolutionary theory aroused the suspicions of the vatican and he was forbidden to publish on religious matters during his lifetime. To be more is to be more united and this sums up and is the very conclusion of the work to follow. Sus paginas querrian ensenar a ver a dios por todas partes. He studied and practiced paleontology, theology, and philosophy. He conceived the idea of the omega point a maximum level of complexity and consciousness towards which he believed the universe was evolving and developed vladimir vernadskys concept of. Between these days teilhard fully participated in a life that included priesthood, living and working in the front lines of war, field work. Jun 16, 2015 teilhards the phenomenon of man le phenomene humain was written over a period of time that coincided with his entire stay in china, from 19221946. They can be followed from the first in 1916 during his. These prayers show the most intimate expression of his spirituality. He was born may 1, 1881, and died on april 10, 1955. In this work, teilhard describes evolution as a process that leads to increasing complexity, culminating in the unification of consciousness. One could say that the whole of life lies in seeing if not ultimately, at least essentially.
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