Teilhard de Chardin, [Marie Joseph] Pierre

Born: 1881 AD
Died: 1955 AD, at 74 years of age.

Nationality: Unknown
Categories: Philosophers, Priests, Pseudo Science

French anthropologist, Jesuit clergyman, paleontologist, and theologian

ordained Jesuit priest 1911

co-discovered Peking Man 1929

interpreted biological evolution as concurrent with divine creation, with endpoint of evolution corresponding to second coming of Christ

identified human consciousness as evolutionary catalyst, while identifying entropy with evil and sin

wrote "Phenomenon of Man" 1955, "The Future of Man" 1964, "Man's Place in Nature" 1966

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