A “FILOSOFIA CRISTÔ CONTRA O AUTORITARISMO: O ESTADO NOVO E O REGIME MILITAR NA OBRA DE MATA MACHADO - DOI: 10.12818/P.0304-2340.2014v64p253

Abstract

devoted his life and his work to combat such systems. The intellectual output of Mata Machado reflects the political activism of the author. Mata Machado seeking an alternative to the "totalitarian spirit" in Christian Philosophy. The catholic intellectual bases his thinking on the doctrine of Thomas Aquinas. Mata Machado finds inspiration in Christian personalism developed by neo-Thomistic philosopher Jacques Maritain.