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- 1966 February 24 (Creation)
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1 page(s); Xerox copy of a typed letter (not signed).
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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.
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First lines: "Many thanks for your kind letter. I realize that I promised further reactions to your book, which"... Contents index: Burtt's thought on the logical positivists - Merton would like to know more about Wittgenstein and others - had course on Nagel at Columbia / liked last chapters with what Burtt said about "love, communication, and the implications of all this for our contemporary crisis".
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- engleză