Identity elements
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Name and location of repository
Beschrijvingsniveau
Titel
Datum(s)
- 1967 July 8 (Vervaardig)
Omvang
1 page(s); Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Thomas Merton (1915-1968) was a writer and Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey in Kentucky. His writings include such classics as The Seven Storey Mountain, New Seeds of Contemplation, and Zen and the Birds of Appetite. Merton is the author of more than seventy books that include poetry, personal journals, collections of letters, social criticism, and writings on peace, justice, and ecumenism.
Content and structure elements
Bereik en inhoud
First lines: "Thanks for your long and interesting letter of June 24, with its enclosures. I regret that I am so"... Contents index: issues concerning institutions, evil, and the metaphysical questions these issues bring forth in modern philosophy of Kant, Hegel, and Marx / Merton claims not well enough versed in modern philosophy and "suspicion of institutions is based on Biblical and eschatological ground, not metaphysics.".
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Conditions of access and use elements
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Technical access
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Languages of the material
- Engels