"Many decades ago, when I was 17, my mother sent me a profound book called "The Phenomenon of Man," by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. The text was written in the 1930s but was published only posthumously in 1955. He was born on 1 May 1881 – passed 10 April 1955, Easter Sunday), and was a … Continue reading Sharing a Brilliant Man, a Brilliant French Scholar, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin. He Was a Philosopher, Paleontologist, Jesuit Priest, Even Despite Constant Vatican Censure of His Works. . .