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In choosing to rely upon the explications of four noted thinkers, Gary Furnell's new book, 'The Hardest Path is the Easiest', brings to the reader the wisdom of the ancients as interpreted by these modern successors, themselves monuments to great literature and Christian piety. It is a worthy contender in the old Athens v Jerusalem -- Reason v Revelation -- debate