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No emotion, merely as an emotion, is a sin, because we cannot directly control the arising of an emotion in our soul.

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
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Emotion
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Soul
Arising
Directly
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