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The Influence of Plato on Christianity

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While approaches to logical reasoning and some other areas in philosophy are useful, people can be so wrapped up in it that they become deceived. Some believe that Christianity is simply the development of ideas from Aristotle, and especially Plato. It has even been suggested that the Trinity came from their philosophies. This indicates ignorance of the Bible, including the Old Testament . However, a kind of trickle-down effect can be seen by philosophers on church fathers — and on Western culture today. Worldviews in our society, especially in Christianity, are markedly different from those philosophers. Plato, WikiComm / Leonidas Drosis ( photo by C messier ), ( CC BY-SA 4.0 ), cross added from Clker clipart Consider if you will that Socratic Questioning is used today — and a form of it can be seen in Paul the Apostle. However, the Christian view of truth is very different from those of Socrates, Plato, and the gang . It may be surprising that some of the aspects of their philosophie...