num_pages: 128
description: In the fourth century, the wildernesses of Egypt and Palestine were inhabited by a strange breed of spiritual the first Christian hermits. Thomas Merton's affection for these "Desert Fathers" shines in this much-loved treasury of their acts and words of wisdom. His free translation from the Latin source Verba Senorium illuminates their radical lives with insight and humor and sets them in close relation to Zen recluses, Hindu renunciants, and all those who have ever fled conventional life in search of higher wisdom.
language: English
title: The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century
titlecomplete: The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century (Shambhala Library)
genres: Christianity, Catholic, History, Philosophy, Religion, Theology, Spirituality, Faith, Christian, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 3095
publisher: Shambhala