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• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000RW7PQI
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The Man Who Loved Wisdom The Story of Jacques Maritain This is a unique documentary of one of modern Catholicism's most creative philosophers. It traces the lives and work of Jacques Maritain (1882-1973), his wife Raissa and her sister Vera through rare photos, interviews with people who knew them, and location shots. Meet Louis Chamming's, a Parisian philosopher and disciple of Maritain, and his wife, Soizick, Olivier Lacombe, the noted Indologist and friend of Maritain, and many other friends, old and new: Anthony Simon, Cornelia Borgerhoff, Joseph and Irene Lynch, Roberto Papini, Deal Hudson, Ralph McInerny, René Mougel, and Antoinette Grunelius. And visit the Latin Quarter and Montmartre in Paris, Heidelberg, New York, Rome, Princeton and Kolbsheim to see where the Maritains lived out their lives. This is a fine introduction for those who have not yet met Maritain, and a beautiful chance to remember for his many friends.

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2.0 out of 5 stars A Home Made Video, November 9, 2010

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Perhaps one ought not to expect much from documentary videos, but this one is of particularly poor quality. The whole comes across like an amateur documentary, of moderate to poor audio and visual quality, with uncut interviews, and with some garbled bits and abrupt jumps from. It is interesting material, but not worth 30 dollars.