Il personalismo

I came to this book because of my reading about The Catholic Worker and Peter Maurin, who was particularly influenced by Mounier's philosophy. Although I feel a certain affinity for many of the ideas Mounier expresses, I still feel only partly able to explain what "personalism" really means. Here ar Leggi tutto

My main reason for picking up this book was to get an understanding of the intellectual “anti-conformist” personalist wave of the 20th century, rooted in the Christian tradition, typified by philosophers such as Berdyaev. The chaos and disorder of the 21st century seems all the more necessary to exp Leggi tutto

I love a practical philosophy. This is a serene, brave, ethical little manifesto about the place and importance of the person. Maybe I just like seeing my own ideas validated by a serious person, but it was a relief to come across this common sense. Mounier traces a path through the inequity and ter Leggi tutto

Great book. Mounier’s replacement of Descartes cogito with, “I love, therefore I am,” is brilliant. Great description of personhood.