Antonin-Gilbert Sertillanges, O.P. (French:[sɛʁtijɑ̃ʒ]; 16 November 1863, Clermont-Ferrand - 26 July 1948, Sallanches), also known as Antonin-Dalmace Sertillanges, was a French Catholic philosopher and spiritual writer.
Biography
Born Antonin-Gilbert, he took the name Antonin-Dalmace when he entered the Dominican order. In 1893 he founded the Revue Thomiste and later became professor of moral philosophy at the Institut Catholique de Paris. Henri Daniel-Rops wrote that it was rumored that President Raymond Poincaré asked Léon-Adolphe Cardinal Amette, Archbishop of Paris, for a reply to Pope Benedict XV's peace proposals, and that Amette passed the request along to Sertillanges; in any event, Amette gave his imprimatur to this reply on 5 December 1917, five days before it was made public. In The Heroic Life,[1] Sertillanges had defended Benedict's attitude toward peace, but in "The French Peace",[2] Sertillanges said, "Most Holy Father, we cannot for an instant entertain your appeals for peace."[3]
His scholarly work was concerned with the moral theory of Thomas Aquinas. In the English-speaking world, he is best known for two non-specialist works. The Intellectual Life is a practical guide for how to structure one's life so as to make progress as a scholar. What Jesus Saw from the Cross is a spiritual work that drew upon the time Sertillanges spent living in Jerusalem. Certain of Sertillanges' works are concerned with political theory, French identity and the structure of the traditional French family.
^La vie héroïque, Third Series, 1916, esp. pp. 166—184.
^Antonin-Gilbert Sertillanges (1917), "La paix française", discours prononcé en l'église Sainte-Madeleine le lundi 10 décembre 1917, en la cérémonie religieuse et patriotique prédisée par S.E. le Cardinal Archevêque de Paris, Paris: Blond et Gay.
^Henri Daniel-Rops (1964/1967), A Fight for God, 1870—1939, trans., John Warrington, from L'Église de Révolutions: Un combat pour Dieu, reprint, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Vol. II, Notes to Ch. VII, "War and Peace", p. [243], n. 2.
Works
(1899). L'Art et la Morale.
(1903). Nos Luttes.
(1904). La Politique Chrétienne.
(1908). Agnosticisme ou Anthropomorphisme.
(1908). L'Art et la morale.
(1910). Saint Thomas d'Aquin (2 volumes).
(1919). Paroles Françaises.
(1921). La vie catholique (2 volumes).
(1921). La Vie Intellectuelle, son Esprit, ses Conditions, ses Méthodes.
(1921). L'Église (2 volumes).
(1921) L'amour chrétien.
(1928). Les Idées et les Jours: propos de Senex (2 volumes).
(1930). L'Orateur Chrétien: Traité de Prédication.
(1941). Hommes, mes Frères.
(1939-1941) Le Christianisme et les Philosophies (2 volumes).
(1941-1942) Catéchisme des Incroyants (2 volumes).
(1941). Blaise Pascal.
(1941). Henri Bergson et le Catholicisme.
(1941). Avec Henri Bergson.
(1943). La Vie Française.
(1944). La Philosophie de Claude Bernard.
(1945). L'Idée de Création et ses Retentissements en Philosophie.
(1946). Les Fins Humaines.
(1946). La Philosophie des Lois.
(1948). Le Problème du Mal (2 volumes).
(1948-1949). Le Pensionnat de Godefroy-de-Bouillon de Clermont-Ferrand, 1849-1945.
(1962). La Philosophie Morale de Saint Thomas D'Aquin.
(1963). De la Mort, Pensées Inédites de A.-D. Sertillanges.
