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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > Quakers (Religious Society of Friends)
This book is about the meaning of life or the spiritual quest. It
offers a selective and critical evaluation of some central strands
of Western religious and philosophical thought over two and a half
thousand years. It starts with Socrates' philosophy of life, and
the Greek tradition of philosophy that he initiated. It gives its
own take on the teaching of Jesus, and on the long and
controversial history of Christianity. There is a chapter devoted
to George Fox and the beginning of the Quaker movement, suggesting
some surprising parallels between the undogmatic spirituality of
the Quakers and the heavyweight philosophy of Immanuel Kant. It
recommends a non-literal interpretation of language about God,
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