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May 12, 1945

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profiles

PHILOSOPHER

Hamilton Basso

PROFILE of Jean Wahl, the French philosopher, poet, and Sorbonne professor who has been called by Jacques Maritain "the best philosopher among the …

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BEAUTIFUL UPON A HILL.

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