Greek Philosophy and the Christian Notion of God (Maynooth Bicentenary)

by Watson, Gerard

• ISBN13: 9781856072120
• ISBN10: 1856072126
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-05-27
• Publisher: International Scholars Publications

Summary

Greek philosophy had formed the minds of the educated classes of the Roman Empire for centuries before the early Christians set out to spread their message there. If they wished to gain a hearing, therefore, the language of Greek philosophy was the language they had to speak. This venture was to have a long history and an enduring effect both upon Christianity itself and on the world that it was seeking to convince and convert.

Table of Contents

Preface	7	(4)
Presocratics and Socrates	11	(7)
Plato	18	(12)
Aristotle	30	(12)
Hellenistic Philosophy: Stoics and Epicureans	42	(10)
Schools of Plato and Aristotle	52	(16)
Plotinus and Neoplatonism	68	(20)
Three Christian Philosophers	88	(27)
Pseudo-Dionysius and Eriugena	115	(19)
St. Thomas Aquinas and the Greek Tradition	134	(12)
Notes and Bibliography	146