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Author QuotedNikolai Alexandrovich Berdyaev
Title Quotedsens de la creation : un essai de justification de l'homme / Nicolas Berdiaev ; trad. du russe par Lucienne Julien Cain ; pref. de Stanislas Fumet
Date (Year/Month/Day)1957/05/01
Imprint[Bruxelles?] : Desclee de Brouwer. 1955
QuotationBerdyaev, who is always so ready to offend pious ears with statements that are, as they stand, even heretical, had nevertheless profound insights into the real meaning of Christianity - insights which we cannot simply ignore. For instance - the view of the cosmos which is incomplete (which he calls the cosmos of the Old Testament) -
Quotation SourceA Search for Solitude: Pursuing the Monk's True Life. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 3, 1952-1960.; Edited by Lawrence S. Cunningham. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 88
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