The Concept of Person in the Evolutionary Process of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin: Some Educational Implications

The human person is the focal point of contemporary concern. This first sentence from Andre Ligneul\u27s Teilhard and Personalism touches on the very nature of the present status of the evolutionary object called man--the human person. To be a person is to be the ever evolving organism that represents the present pinnacle of evolutionary success on the planet Earth. The human person will be the focus of this research project. Through the many writings of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, but most specifically The Phenomenon of Man, an attempt will be made to define the process that is the human person. A further goal is to set this process in the present context of social evolution occurring in the United States. Special emphasis will be placed on some educational implications that Teilhard\u27s process may have for the United States and the world..