Monthly Archives: October 2013

The three most important figures in Western philosophy are Plato, Socrates and Aristotle. Aristotle’s works were largely lost to Western philosophy until Thomas Aquinas utilized Aristotle in shaping his Christian theology. But with the revitalization of Aristotle came the scholastic … Continue reading →

Plato (428-348 BC)  The safest general characterization of the European philosophical tradition is that it consists of a series of footnotes to Plato. Alfred North Whitehead, Process and Reality, p. 39 Platonic thought strongly influenced Christian theology of the early … Continue reading →