This is a file in the correspondence of Thomas Merton under the heading: "Gerdes, Edward".
Please click here for general restrictions concerning Merton's correspondence.
See also one published letter from Merton to Edward Gerdes in The Road to Joy, pp. 331-332.
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1964/04/18 |
TL[c] from Merton |
The book you refer to is by Ayn Rand, right? I have not read it, but I tried another of hers and |
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Merton's was "bored to death" of Ayn Rand - "The philosophy is moronic." / good critique of Rand in New University Thought from Chicago - also Jacques Maritain's writings on morals / "her philosophy is an organized egoism"
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