 Maritain’s philosophical work has been translated into some twenty languages. As is evident from the preceding remarks, it covers a wide range of areas—though much of it was written for a general, rather than a professional academic, audience. Still, some of Maritain’s writings are polemical and, because much of his concern (especially in the history of philosophy) was to address very specific philosophical and theological issues of his time, these texts may have a rather dated character.