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A pure heart means a single heart, a heart in which only one desire lives: love.

Peter Kreeft

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Peter Kreeft
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: March 16
Philosopher
Professor
Theologian
Writer
Paterson
New Jersey
Peter John Kreeft
Heart
Love
Pure
Single
Desire
Lives
Means
Mean

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