Thou Shall Not Die

by Gabriel Marcel, Anne Marcel (Compililation), Katharine Rose Hanley (Translation)

Compiled here for the first time are some pithy and incisive sayings of philosopher/ playwright Gabriel Marcel, which give rich insight into his spirituality. Written with particular attention to the nature of man’s mortality and his longing for life and sure knowledge of his death, this intimate self-portrait introduces a new Marcel to the reader of his intricate philosophy, perhaps best said by Anne We must note that this philosopher was primarily the little boy who asked his ";Where are those who have died?"; And as the grown ups replied that they didn’t know, well then, said he, when he grew up, he would seek to find out . . .The grown man did not betray the child’s promise. As a student, then a young professor of philosophy, Gabriel Marcel consecrated his reflections principally on themes most intimately affecting our what is the relation between memory and presence, and between knowledge and faith? During nearly twenty years, spi

88 pages, Hardcover

First published September 13, 2008

About the author

Gabriel Marcel (1889–1973) was a philosopher, drama critic, playwright and musician. He converted to Catholicism in 1929 and his philosophy was later described as “Christian Existentialism” (most famously in Jean-Paul Sartre's “Existentialism is a Humanism”) a term he initially endorsed but later repudiated. In addition to his numerous philosophical publications, he was the author of some thirty dramatic works. Marcel gave the Gifford Lectures in Aberdeen in 1949–1950, which appeared in print as the two-volume The Mystery of Being, and the William James Lectures at Harvard in 1961–1962, which were collected and published as The Existential Background of Human Dignity.