Jean Guitton, France, heretical thought, Modernism, modernist thought 

Jean Guitton is already well known for his works on philosophy, religion and literature, but this book is unique: it is a diary of reflections and encounters, so intimate that it enables readers to follow the movements of its author's thought as it plays on a number of important problems and analyses many works, both classic and contemporary.

Jean Guitton has been closely identified with trends of thought and new approaches to art which have developed in the first half of the 20th century and has known most of the leading personalities in the field of French thought in his generation.

The accounts given by him of his conversations with such writers as Bergson, Claudel, Chardin, Maurois, etc., are a valuable footnote to the history of literature.

Moreover, this scrapbook of critical appreciation, by bringing its readers into contact with Jean Guitton, introduces them to a stimulating and original mind and a personality both wise and attractive.

The Author

Jean Guitton was born in 1901. He has held Chairs at the Universities of Montpellier and Dijon and, more recently, has taught philosophy at the Sorbonne. In 1961 he was elected a member of the Academie Francaise.

Taken from the front inside flap.