This important collection of lectures and essays was regarded by Gabriel Marcelas the best introduction to his thought. Outstanding in the richness of itsanalys... » 

This important collection of lectures and essays was regarded by Gabriel Marcelas the best introduction to his thought. Outstanding in the richness of itsanalyses and in its application of Marcels concrete approach tophilosophical problems Creative Fidelity not only deals with the perennialMarcellian themes of faith fidelity belief incarnate being andparticipation but includes chapters on religious tolerance and orthodoxy andan important critical essay on Karl Jaspers.Known in this country as a Christian Existentialist Marcel preferred to becalled a NeoSocratic a label suggesting the dialogical unfinished natureof his speculations. He may best be described as a Reflective Empiricist.Born in Paris in 1889 the son of a French minister to Stockholm Marcelfrequented literary and political milieus traveled extensively and readwidely in both German and AngloAmerican philosophy. His best known books areBeing and Having 1935 Man Against Mass Society 1952 and The Decline ofWisdom 1954. «