| Author Quoted | Eucherius |
| Title Quoted | Contemptus Mundi |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1962/07/28 |
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| Quotation | Antigone and stoical tropes of St. Eucherius in his contemptus mundi, [rejection of the world]: the beauty of his prose. How the heavens observe the laws of God when they have been once commanded and we, with volumes of laws, do not obey Him. |
| Quotation Source | Turning Toward the World: The Pivotal Years. The Journals of Thomas Merton, Volume 4, 1960-1963.; Edited by Victor A. Kramer. / San Francisco : Harper Collins. 1996, p. 234 |
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