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US US-kylobm TMC-RG1-B-159-#03
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1966-02-09, HLS to Merton, 'The copy of «The Way of Chuang Tzu» which you kindly sent me has been forwarded'
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- 1966 February 9 (Creation)
Extent
1 page(s); Holograph (handwritten) signed letter.
Name of creator
(1892-1989)
Biographical history
Edwin Burtt was a professor at Cornell University at this time. He wrote books about the influence of philosophy and metaphysics on science. He had an influence on Aldous Huxley, and like Huxley, started writing more about eastern religions, especially Buddhism, in his later years.
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First lines: "The copy of «The Way of Chuang Tzu» which you kindly sent me has been forwarded to me here"... Contents index: praise for Merton's introduction to «The Way of Chuang Tzu» and Merton's simple and poetic skill in rendering Chuang Tzu / «Tao Teh Ching» / Merton's life as a hermit.
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- English
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Senders and recipients—
to Thomas Merton from: Burtt, Edwin Arthur, Dr.