The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to know what is, but to bring into existence that which is not yet.


Action: the Perfection of Human Life, Sewanee Review, LVI (Winter, 1948), pp. 3-4.

Jacques Maritain Quotes

The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to ...

The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to ...

The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to ...

The truth of practical intellect is understood not as conformity to an extramental being but as conformity to a right desire; the end is no longer to ...