Brief von Richard T. Baker an Paul Tillich vom 15. August 1946

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Dr. Paul Tillich
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August 15, 1946

Dear Dr. Tillich:

Your friends and mine have passed along the world that on August 20th you reach your sixtieth birthday. I do not want to let the day go without a word of congratulation from me, and a personal tribute to you, your character, your teaching and your influence.

The older I grow the more convinced I am that one of man's frailest abilities is the ability to understand himself and his history. From Washington to Paris peace conferences to the disturbances in our own persons, the same lack of understanding is obvious. I am one who shares this lack, but I want to say that I may be more aware of it than some others, because of you. I remember your lectures on systematic theology. They were interesting to me, not because of the system they put forth, but because of the philosophy of history they revealed and the workings of your mind. They have been very influential on my thinking.

Don't think that you are old, Dr. Tillich. The best years are ahead, and I for one am glad that you are here to live |:in:| them and face their problems.

Every good wish to you on your anniversary, and to your family. God bless you.

Faithfully yours,Richard T. Baker
Assistant Editor

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USA, Cambridge, MA, Harvard University, Harvard Divinity School Library, Tillich, Paul, 1886–1965. Papers, 1894–1974., bMS 649/122(37)
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Brief von Richard T. Baker an Paul Tillich vom 15. August 1946, in: Paul Tillich, Korrespondenz. Digitale Edition, hg. von Christian Danz und Friedrich Wilhelm Graf. https://tillich-briefe.acdh.oeaw.ac.at/L10972.html, Zugriff am ????.

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