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Date [Source / Page]Author QuotedTitle QuotedQuotation by Merton
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1954/10/02
[Ltrs: HGL p. 308-09]
Erich FrommMan for himself : an inquiry into the psychology of ethics Some time ago when I was reading your Psychoanalysis and Religion I thought I would write you a letter. Now th..
1954/10/02
[Ltrs: HGL p. 308-09]
Erich FrommPsychoanalysis and religion Some time ago when I was reading your Psychoanalysis and Religion I thought I would write you a letter. Now th..
1955/09/12
[Ltrs: HGL p. 314]
Erich FrommForgotten Language Your book The Forgotten Language, which I read last May or June, also interested me very much...
1955/09/12
[Ltrs: HGL p. 313]
Erich FrommSane Society I am about halfway through The Sane Society which I received some time ago. I am reading it with the greatest ..
1955/09/12
[Ltrs: HGL p. 314]
Henri Lubac, DeCatholicism Most of the Fathers of the Church looked at the Incarnation in that light, and Duns Scotus, for instance, is a..
1961/09/26
[Ltrs: HGL p. 315]
Erich FrommSigmund Freud's Mission Your latest book [Sigmund Freud's Mission] has reached me and the material is very interesting. The texts you ..
1961/11/14
[Ltrs: HGL p. 316]
Erich FrommMay Man Prevail Your new book May Man Prevail has reached me and I am reading it with the greatest interest. I think it is a r..
1966/01/15
[Ltrs: HGL p. 321]
Reza ArastehRumi the Persian: Rebirth in Creativity and Love I was glad to get your note. You are right, I have not written for a long time, but I think of you and run int..
1966/04/27
[Ltrs: HGL p. 322]
Erich FrommHeart of Man: Its Genious for Good and Evil The other day I finished your Heart of Man and found much good in this expansion of the former short work. [no..

Abbreviations ▲ Source of Merton's Quotation and Citation
Ltrs: CforT The Courage for Truth: Letters of Thomas Merton to Writers.
Ltrs: Giroux Letters of Robert Giroux and Thomas Merton.
Ltrs: Hammer The Letters of Merton and Victor and Carolyn Hammer.
Ltrs: HGL The Hidden Ground of Love.
Ltrs: Laughlin Thomas Merton and James Laughlin: Selected Letters.
Ltrs: Leclercq Survival or Prophecy? The Letters of Merton and Jean Leclercq.
Ltrs: RtoJ The Road to Joy: Letters to New and Old Friends.
Ltrs: Ruether Letters of Merton and Rosemary Radford Ruether.
Ltrs: SofC The School of Charity. Letters on Religious Renewal.
Ltrs: WtoF Witness to Freedom: The Letters of Merton in Times of Crisis.