Philosophy and Religion are two traditions of thought and practice which step back from the practicalities of daily material living, and ask fundamental questions about our existence and our identity as components of a much vaster cosmos. They both have histories going back over thousands of years, and it is a major question whether either of them ever move closer to an answer to those questions. It can be argued that science too approaches those same questions, and that science does show a definite and continual advance in knowledge; yet the ultimate and mysterious questions of purpose and meaning in the created universe and in human life, are never answered. Throughout those thousands of years, the sense that there is purpose and meaning has been a constant motive in keeping these traditions alive, and in trying to refine a language in which these mysteries may be expressed, and if possible illuminated. On this website there are books which explore briefly the Judaeo-Christian religion, which rests on a strong belief in a personal God; on the more ancient and inward spirituality of Hinduism; and some philosophical reflections on modern thought and modern history, and where we now stand as we confront the vital threefold problem of Nature, God and Man.
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