Relire Histoire et Dogme (1904) de Maurice Blondel

Abstract Mysticism as Act. Philosophy and Spirituality in Maurice Blondel Mysticism plays a crucial role at the background of Maurice Blondel’s ‘philosophy of action’ (1893). In the years after his main work, his interest for mysticism increases. The discussion about the role of mysticism is even the battlefield of his debate with Jacques Maritain (1882–1973), who criticizes Blondel of allowing in his philosophy a direct contact with the Divine. Maritain does not accuse Blondel of ‘modernism’, but is very close to it. In order to explain his understanding of mysticism, the article outlines the intensive cooperation between Blondel and Henri Bremond (1865–1933). Blondel was of main influence for Bremond’s text on poetry and prayer in which mysticism plays an important role. At the end of the article the role of this discussion on mysticism and philosophy for Blondel’s social philosophy has been elaborated.

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A Crítica se Maurice Blondel ao Conceito Bergsoniano de Intuição

Philosophica: International Journal for the History of Philosophy ◽

10.5840/philosophica1995355 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 3 (5) ◽

pp. 85-101

Author(s):

M. Patrão-Neves ◽

Keyword(s):

Henri Bergson ◽

General Definition ◽

Maurice Blondel ◽

Effective Conditions

Henri Bergson and Maurice Blondel, contemporary philosophers who share a common influence of the "spiritualist positivism", show effective conditions for an eventual approximation. Nevertheless, the relative philosophic atitude of each of them is fundamentally marked by divergencies which come to light in the particular case of the concept of "intuition". With a common general definition, "intuition" gains precise specificities in each author due to its appearance in different phases of the course of both philosophies, aroused by different motivations and bearing distinct function and consequence.

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