Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955)
Author of The Phenomenon of Man
About the Author
Born in Sarcenat, France, Teilhard de Chardin was the son of a landowner and was educated at a Jesuit school. In 1911 he was ordained a Jesuit priest, but also became interested in geology and paleontology. In 1918 Teilhard de Chardin became professor of geology at the Institut Catholique in Paris. show more Between 1923 and 1946, he went on paleontological and anthropological expeditions to China and Central Asia, where he helped discover Peking Man in 1929. His work in Cenozoic geology and paleontology earned him widespread recognition, including the French Legion of Honour (1946). Early Man in China, one of his writings from his period as a scientist, is still available. Teilhard de Chardin's lively mind moved beyond science to speculative cosmology. He ranks as an interpreter of naturalistic evolution within a broadened framework of spirituality. During his lifetime his writings were disapproved by the authorities in his order and the church; however, their posthumous publication in the wake of Vatican II catapulted Teilhard into the very center of attention, by intellectuals and philosophers throughout the world. Although his views seem insupportable to many more cautious minds, they have been taken seriously and have stimulated considerable discussion. Teilhard's system on philosophy has been ably epitomized by J. E. Bruns in his review of Phenomenon of Man: ""The story of life is not more than a movement of consciousness veiled by morphology.' These words of the author, referring to consciousness as related to organic structure, express the essential theme of his book. . . . Evolution has not run its course. Geogenesis led to biogenesis, "which turned out in the end to be nothing else than psychogenesis. . . . Psychogenesis has led to man. Now it efficaces itself, relieved or absorbed by another and a higher function---the engendering and subsequent development of all the stages of the mind, in one word noogenesis noogenesis.' Noogenesis implies the production of a "superabundance of mind' and looks forward to the ultimate earth, a "universe of conscious substance.' Teilhard envisions mankind, through an ever increasing psychosocial unity, concentrating on the transcendent center of this psychic convergence---God---until it reaches the "Omega point,' the "fulfillment of the spirit of the earth,' a detachment of the mind from its material matrix and an abandonment of its organoplanetary foothold" (Catholic World). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Works by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Letters from my friend, Teilhard de Chardin, 1948-1955 : including letters written during his final years in America (1980) 19 copies
Inno dell'universo-La messa sul mondo-Il Cristo nella materia-La potenza spirituale della materia-Pensieri scelti (1992) 10 copies
In the field with Teilhard de Chardin — Letters and Illustations — 5 copies
Om menneskets fremtid 4 copies
Lettres de Chine : PIERRE TEILHARD DE CHARDIN, MISSION D'EXPLORATION CITROEN/CENTRE-ASIE GROUPE CHINE DE LA CROISIERE… (1967) 3 copies
Vroege Geschriften III 3 copies
Vroege geschriften, deel 1 2 copies
La visione del passato 2 copies
Como yo creo 2 copies
Lobgesang des Alls die Messe über die Welt. Christus in derMaterie. Die geistige Potenz der Materie (1987) 2 copies
Le Phňomn̈e humain 2 copies
Dialectiek van de geest 2 copies
L'Activation de l'Energie 2 copies
Reisbrieven 1923-1955 2 copies
Het voorspel 1914 /1916 2 copies
Mundo, Homem e Deus 2 copies
Sobre a Felicidade, Sobre o Amor 2 copies
Cartas de Hastings y de Paris 2 copies
Pierre Teilhard de Chardin 1 copy
La activación de la energía 1 copy
Opere di Teilhard de Chardin 1 copy
Mon univers 1 copy
La Place de l'homme dans la nature , le groupe zoologique humain, par Pierre Teilhard de Chardin... 1 copy
7: L'activation de l'energie 1 copy
1: Le phénomène humain 1 copy
CARTES A LÉONTINE ZANTA 1 copy
Title Not Given 1 copy
Sauvons l'humanit 1 copy
L'oeuvre Scientifique maps 1 copy
Het voorspel 1917 /1919 1 copy
Réflexions sur le progrès 1 copy
L'Energie humaine 1 copy
La Vision du Passe 1 copy
Sobre el Sufrimiento 1 copy
O Meio Divino 1 copy
Herder correspondence 1 copy
L'evoluzione convergente 1 copy
Vroege geschriften, deel 2 1 copy
Teilhard de Chardin 1 copy
Il sacerdote 1 copy
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- Canonical name
- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
- Legal name
- Teilhard de Chardin, Pierre
- Birthdate
- 1881-05-01
- Date of death
- 1955-04-10
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- France
- Birthplace
- Orcines, Puy-de-Dôme, France
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Cause of death
- heart attack
- Places of residence
- Cairo, Egypt
Paris, France
Tientsin, China
Beijing, China
Manchuria, China
Shanxi, China (show all 9)
Shensi, China
Urumqi, Sinkiang, China
United States - Education
- Mongré Jesuit College (bac.|1899)
Sorbonne (Geology, Botany and Zoology)
Catholic Institute of Paris (Ph.D|1922)
University of Caen (lic.|1902) - Occupations
- priest (Jesuit ∙ or Society of Jesus)
philosopher
paleontologist
geologist
stretcher-bearer, French Army - Relationships
- Teilard-Chambon, Marguerite (cousin)
- Organizations
- Society of Jesus (1899)
8th Moroccan Rifles, French Army (WWI)
Catholic Institute of Paris
Catholic Church (ordained 1911) - Awards and honors
- Médaille militaire (France)
Legion d'Honneur
French Academy of Sciences (1950)
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- Works
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- Rating
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- ISBNs
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