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This is an admirable book, which succeeds in the difficult task, implied by its title, of combining an account of a particular Athointe monastery with a concise and illuminating introduction to Orthodoxy. It will be found useful equally by those planning a visit to the Holy Mountain and by those who have been there on pilgrimage and wish to understand better what they have experienced. I found that objects, practices and statements which I had seen and heard in the monasteries were frequently illuminated by Curnow's account. Michael Llewellyn SmithFriends of Mount Athos, Annual Report 2008

This is an admirable book, which succeeds in the difficult task, implied by its title, of combining an account of a particular Athointe monastery with concise and illuminating introduction to Orthodoxy. It will be found useful equally by those planning a visit to the Holy Mountain and by those who have been there on pilgrimage and wish to understand better that they have experienced. I found that objects, practices and statements which I had seen and heard in the monasteries were frequently illuminated by Curnow's account. Michael Llewellyn Smith Friends of Mount Athos, Annual Report 2008

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Trevor Curnow was Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cumbria. He has also taught philosophy at Lancaster University, the Open University, the University of Central Lancashire and the University of Khartoum. His previous writings include Wisdom, Intuition and Ethics (Ashgate, 1999), Thinking through Dialogue (Practical Philosophy Press, 2001), The Oracles of the Ancient World (Duckworth, 2004), The Philosophers of the Ancient World: an A to Z guide (Duckworth, 2006), Wisdom in the Ancient World (Duckworth, 2010), Introducing Philosophy for Everyday Life (Icon, 2012) and Wisdom: a history (Reaktion, 2015).

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