influenced a young Jacques Maritain, perhaps even saving Maritain and his wife Raïssa from suicide. His third major work, Creative Evolution, the most widely...

lectured on contemporary Jewish thought, e.g., that of philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. He was one of nine Catholic participants among the seventy Jewish and...

Fondane's interest in scholarly issues: he sent one autographed copy to Raïssa Maritain, wife of Jacques Maritain (both of whom were Catholic thinkers)...