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Author QuotedJean Paul Sartre
Title Quotedêtre et le neant : essai d'ontologie phenomenologique / par J.-P. Sartre
Date (Year/Month/Day)1963/11/25
ImprintParis : Gallimard. 1943
QuotationHow close is the tricherie [trickery] of Sartre to the rectitudo of St. Anselm? Is there any correspondence between Chapter XI of De Casu Diaboli (on the meaning of "nothing") and Sartre's neant [nothingness]?
Quotation SourceDancing in the Water of Life: Seeking Peace in the Hermitage. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 5, 1963-1965.; Edited by Robert E. Daggy. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1997, p. 38
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