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- ASIN : 0061632651
- Publisher : HarperCollins Publishers; 1st edition (November 1, 2008)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 320 pages
- Item Weight : 8.8 ounces
Phenomenon of Man (Harper Perennial Modern Thought)
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Paperback – November 1, 2008
by Pierre Teilhard De Chardin (Author)
Visionary theologian and evolutionary theorist Pierre Teilhard de Chardin applied his whole life, his tremendous intellect, and his great spiritual faith to building a philosophy that would reconcile religion with the scientific theory of evolution. In this timeless book, which contains the quintessence of his thought, Teilhard argues that just as living organisms sprung from inorganic matter and evolved into ever more complex thinking beings, humans are evolving toward an “omega point”—defined by Teilhard as a convergence with the Divine.
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