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Wisdom of the desert, The : sayings from the Desert Fathers of the fourth century

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Outline: This book was one of Thomas Merton's favorites among his own books -- surely because he had hoped to spend his last years as a hermit. The personal tone of the translations, the blend of reverence and humor so characteristic of him, show how deeply the author identified with the legendary authors of these sayings and parables, the fourth-century Christian Fathers who sought solitude and contemplation in the deserts of the Near East. The hermits of Scete who turned their backs on a corrupt society remarkably like our own had much in common with the Zen Masters of China and Japan, and Father Merton made his selection from them with an eye to the kind of impact produced by the Zen mondo.

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281.1 M46w

Penerbit

New York, USA : New Directions., 1970

Deskripsi Fisik

81

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

978-0811201025

Klasifikasi

281.1

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