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‘Plato did believe that the route to “the Good” went via the disciplined work of attention.’

Solving a dilemma: Plato for Quakers, by Philip Waywell

‘Plato did believe that the route to “the Good” went via the disciplined work of attention.’

by Philip Waywell 10th December 2021

Christian theology is peppered with Plato, and so is the Quaker way. Our belief in that of God in every person – and our practice of attentive stillness – is inescapably neoplatonic.

Solving a dilemma: Plato for Quakers, by Philip Waywell

‘Plato did believe that the route to “the Good” went via the disciplined work of attention.’

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