Philosopher

John Lewis (philosopher)

Overview

John Lewis (1 February 1889 – 12 February 1976) was a British Unitarian minister and Marxist philosopher and author of many works on philosophy, anthropology, and religion.

Lewis's father, a successful builder and architect, came from a Welsh farming family, and was a very devout Methodist. Young Lewis's social and political views clashed with those of his father. Their quarrels eventually led to his father disinheriting him.

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Philosophers who discussed John Lewis (philosopher)

• Young Marx
• Bertrand Russell

Ideas John Lewis (philosopher) discusses

• Philosophy
• Karl Marx
• Marxism
• Methodism
• Doctor of Philosophy
• Presbyterianism
• Religion
• University of Cambridge
• Soviet Union
• Unitarianism
• World War II
• Doubleday (publisher)
• Anthropology
• Wales
• Louis Althusser

Place in the tradition

Part of Bertrand Russell.

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