The Platonic Tradition Peter | Kreeft Pdf

In Kreeft’s hands, Plato is not a pagan relic. He is a "pre-Christian Christian"—a prophet of the Logos who built the intellectual scaffolding upon which later theology and science could rest.

Later thinkers like , Bonaventure , and Aquinas . the platonic tradition peter kreeft pdf

: Kreeft's introductory lecture on the Platonic tradition is available on YouTube . In Kreeft’s hands, Plato is not a pagan relic

Plato said all learning is recollection. Kreeft translates this into Christian terms: our restless hearts remember Heaven. Our desire for perfect justice, perfect love, and perfect beauty proves that such things exist somewhere—namely, in God. In Kreeft’s hands