| Author Quoted | Andre Marie Jean Festugière |
| Title Quoted | Contemplation et vie contemplative selon Platon |
| Date (Year/Month/Day) | 1960/10/03 |
| Imprint | Paris : J. Vrin. 1936I |
| Quotation | After night office, long quiet interval, reading [Andre Marie Jean] Festugière on Plato. And that life of Dom Martène. In a way I admire Saint-Germain-des- Pres and in a way I don't. I admire their scholarship, not their rigidity. |
| 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. 55 |
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