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Poetry proceeds from the totality of man, sense, imagination, intellect, love, desire, instinct, blood and spirit together.

Jacques Maritain

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Jacques Maritain
Age: 90 †
Born: 1882
Born: November 18
Died: 1973
Died: April 28
Diplomat
Pedagogue
Philosopher
Writer
Paris
France
Together
Intellect
Men
Instinct
Love
Poetry
Blood
Imagination
Desire
Sense
Proceeds
Spirit
Totality

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