Richard Tarnas asserts that Greek philosophy was, “in the view of many early Christian theologians, a divinely prearranged matrix for the rational explication of the Christian faith” (The Passion of the Western Mind, pp. 100-101). Notwithstanding, “faith was the primary means, and reason a distant second, for comprehending the deeper meaning of things” (ibid., p. 112).
Richard Tarnas asserts that Greek philosophy was, “in the view of many early Christian theologians, a divinely prearranged matrix for the rational explication of the Christian faith” (The Passion of the Western Mind, pp. 100-101). Notwithstanding, “faith was the primary means, and reason a distant second, for comprehending the deeper meaning of things” (ibid., p. 112).
With these concepts in mind, discuss what the Christian response to Platonism, as found, for example and most notably, in the thought of Augustine.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_the_Western_Mind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Passion_of_the_Western_Mind
