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A good beginning primer on Teilhard de Chardin s life and work Easy to read and well structured Leads one to want to read about this man and his ideas The Meaning of Teilhard de Chardin A Primer Explanation of French American unifier of science and religion He believed the human race wants something finer for mankind Life propagates itself by ceaselessly adding to itself what it successively acquires The universe is an evolution initiated by the Creator The Meaning of Teilhard de Chardin A Primer I have long been intrigued by the scope and vision of Pierre Teilhard and yet repeatedly discouraged by the necessarily unfamiliar terminology he used to communicate his novel insights and by the poetic and philosophical nature of his writing This admittedly somewhat scientifically outdated introduction has done what no other introduction to Teilhardian thought has accomplished for me made his most basic ideas clear presenting them within a context of the then current scientific knowledge upon which he builds his theses An entirely revised new edition would require far scientific knowledge than I possess and yet I found this Primer has encouraged me to delve into Teilhard once again with renewed interest and in the company of recent scientific assessments The Meaning of Teilhard de Chardin A Primer This Primer explains to the average reader what Teilhard de Chardin had to say for anyone who has found his concepts difficult to grasp At the time this book was published in 1974 Alice Knight had been teaching and lecturing about Teilhard to adults and young people and in 175 pages rendered Teilhardian philosophy into a simple easy to understand book for beginners of all ages It contains an Introduction by Ewert Cousins then Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University and President of the American Teilhard de Chardin Association It also contains a basic Teilhard Bibliography to 1974 compiled by the Rev Romano S Almagno OFM Many of the scientific examples are now over a quarter century old and have been superseded by recent revelations and understanding but the basic ideas and approach remain solid A valuable Author s Note clarifies how to correctly refer to Teilhard The Name is Teilhard NOT Chardin The surname of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin is Teilhard pronounced Tay yahr He always signed his name Pierre Teilhard Because we always think of the last name as the surname it is not surprising that some people refer to Father Teilhard as Chardin or de Chardin and have even coined the adjectives Chardinian or Chardinesque But this designation is incorrect The name is always Teilhard or Teilhard de Chardin The adjective is Teilhardian The name Teilhard has been traced back to 1325 An ancestor was ennobled in 1538 When Pierre Teilhard s grandfather Pierre Cirice Teilhard married in 1841 his wife s family name de Chardin was appended to his own a custom not uncommon in Europe The Meaning of Teilhard de Chardin A Primer.