From Plato to Christ

<P><B>What does Plato have to do with the Christian faith?</B></P><P>Quite a bit it turns out. In ways that might surprise us Christians throughout the history of the church and even today have inherited aspects of the ancient Greek philosophy of Plato who was both Socrates's student and Aristotle's teacher.</P><P>To help us understand the influence of Platonic thought on the Christian faith Louis Markos offers careful readings of some of Plato's best-known texts and then traces the ways that his work shaped the faith of some of Christianity's most beloved theologians including Gregory of Nyssa Augustine Dante and C. S. Lewis.</P><P>With Markos's guidance readers can ascend to a true understanding of Plato's influence on the faith.</P>