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London: George Allen & Unwin. Paperback covers torn at head and tail of spine, edge worn, internally very good. . Good. Paperback. 1st Edition. 1962.

New. The pacifist principle, so cogently expressed in the Declaration to Charles II, has led succeeding generations of Quakers to consider the application of this principle to international affairs. William Penn's 'Essay towards the Present and Future Peace of Europe', which proposes international machinery for keeping the peace, is the first of a series of Quaker contributions to a body of thought which has been given some practical expression during the twentieth century. Originally published in 1962, the present lecture is not occasioned by a significant anniversary of William Penn's essay, published in 1693, but by the urgent relevance of its ideas to the current international impasse. The lecture is based on the assumption that the tradition of Quaker political thinking which Penn initiated remains a living and vital one, to whose cultivation and renewal Friends can rightly devote a measure of their time, their energy and their concern. This requires that Friends think deeply… Leer más

Routledge, 2021. Paperback. New. 114 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.35 inches.

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Routledge, 2021. Paperback. New. 114 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.35 inches.

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Taylor & Francis, 2019. Hardcover. New. 114 pages. 7.80x5.08x0.47 inches.