In 1950, Pius XII issued the encyclical Humani Generis as a response to existentialism, which he considered a mortal threat to the Church. According to the Pope, existentialism was an “erroneous” doctrine that offered an irrational metaphysics in the place of true religious order. Though he is not mentioned in the encyclical, it is clear that Pius was thinking of French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre, who had shot to global fame after the end ...
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