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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881–1955) was a French Jesuit priest, paleontologist, and philosopher who sought to reconcile evolutionary science with Christian theology. His major works, including The Phenomenon of Man and The Divine Milieu, develop a vision of cosmic evolution culminating in the Omega Point and describe the emergence of the noosphere, a sphere of collective human thought. Although many of his writings were published posthumously and proved controversial within the Catholic Church, they influenced later debates on science, religion, and human spiritual evolution.

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