| Author Quoted | Andre Marie Jean Festugière |
| Title Quoted | Contemplation et vie contemplative selon Platon |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1960/10/24 |
| Imprint | Paris : J. Vrin. 1936I |
| Quotation | Coffee after night office and the good long silence until Prime. Deliciae meae. [My delights.] This is something wonderful, and in this silence, reading Festugière, I have finally come to admit to what extent I have always been a Platonist. My reservations about Plato have gone, since the Phaedo (understanding of course always that one is not obliged to agree with every theory!). |
| Journal | 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. 59 |
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