1942 L’ Echelle Jacob Gustave Thibon Jacob’s Ladder France Christian Philosophy
L’ Echelle de Jacob Gustave Thibon (The Jacob’s Ladder) – In French language.
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Lyon, H. Lardanchet, 1942.
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Pp: 201 + /7/ Size: 18,5 x 12 cm.
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A work from 20th century French philosopher Gustave Thibon, who mostly worked on ideas of Christian philosophy. Jacob’s Ladder (Hebrew: Sulam Yaakov )is a staircase to heaven that the biblical Patriarch Jacob dreams about during his flight from his brother Esau. Throughout this book, author is analyzing the problems of Christian philosophy.
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Binding: Original paperback binding with dust jacket. Slightly damaged spine extremes, bumped edges. Dust jacked slightly damaged on top and bottom spine joint. Condition: Uncut, small signs of use, visible on scans.
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For condition and details see the scans.
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Gustave Thibon (French: [tib?]; 2 September 1903 – 19 January 2001) was a French philosopher, lthough essentially self-taught (he left school at the age of thirteen), Thibon was an avid reader – especially of poetry, in French, Provençal and Latin. He was very impressed by the First World War which led him to hate patriotism and democracy. The young Gustave Thibon travelled extensively, at first to London and Italy, and later to North Africa, where he served in the military, before returning to his native village at the age of 23. Under the influence of writers such as Léon Bloy and Jacques Maritain he converted to Catholicism. At the invitation of the latter, he started his literary career in the pages of the Revue Thomiste. During World War II Thibon hosted the philosopher Simone Weil at his farm; he published S. Weil’s work La Pesanteur et la Grâce(Gravity and Grace) in 1947.
