Thomas Merton Center

Merton Correspondence:

The "Gerdes, Edward" file

Single Item Record for the Date:
1964/April/18 

Series:    

Type:  TL[c] - Carbon copy of a typed letter (not signed).

To/From:  from Merton to "Gerdes, Edward"-->

# of pages:  1

Published in:  Road to Joy

First Lines:  "The book you refer to is by Ayn Rand, right? I have not read it, but I tried another of hers and"

Contents:  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"

Language:  English

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Date added:  2004

Unique identifier:  Section A- "Gerdes, Edward:"    1964/April/18