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The Spiritual Experience Of The Philosopher Is The Nourishing Soil Of Philosophy; That Without It There Is No Philosophy; And That, Even So, Spiritual Experience Does Not, Or Must Not, Enter Into The Intelligible Texture Of Philosophy. The Pulp Of The Fruit Must Consist Of Nothing But The Truth.

-Jacques Maritain

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The Spiritual Experience Of The Philosopher Is

Jacques Maritain

The Spiritual Experience Of The Philosopher Is The Nourishing Soil Of Philosophy; That Without It There Is No Philosophy; And That, Even So, Spiritual Experience Does Not, Or Must Not, Enter Into The Intelligible Texture Of Philosophy. The Pulp Of The Fruit Must Consist Of Nothing But The Truth.

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