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Title: Socrates Meets Jesus: History's Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ by Peter Kreeft ISBN: 0-8308-2338-7 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.33 (12 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Intellectually Stimulating
Comment: I found this book incredibly stimulating, in fact I thought it was amazing. Rarely does philosophy of religion take on such life and heart as it does in the pages of this little book. Now I must admit that my knowledge of Socrates is undeveloped at best, but my knowledge of modern philosophy is anything but undeveloped, and based of that I think the book is brilliant. Peter Kreeft does a great job of using the Socratic method to uncover the "Truth". I care not if the questions were rigged and the deck was stacked before the outset. The book was written by a Christian Philosopher, shall we take the view that Socrates really did travel through the eons of time to the present day, and that Peter Kreeft witnessed the event and should have reported the event as he witnessed it. Surely this is absurd. The question that the worth of the book depends on is this: Was the book effective in it's purpose? and Was it as entertaining and intresting, as it was effective? The answer to both of those questions is a resounding yes. This book is truly a gem among philosophy books, a break from the strict dry expositions of the present day, taking the mind of reason and somehow connecting it with the heart of life.
Rating: 5
Summary: Stimulating, plausible, intellectual but accessible
Comment: This is partly about Kreeft's book, which I read for a seminary apologetics class - and partly a reaction to George M. Bruhl's inexplicable review ("Gnostic literature"). Buddy, grab a clue: the book isn't a literal portrayal of Socrates; how in the world could you possibly have missed Kreeft's whole point? (And what the heck does gnosticism have to do with this book?)
Socrates' legacy is the "Socratic method" of dialogue: teaching by asking incisive, thought-provoking questions. Whether Socrates is entirely accurately portrayed by the writings of Plato is beside the point. Kreeft took the "Socratic method" and applied it to discussing the claims of and about Christ. And in so doing, he's written a book that is very intellectually stimulating but also very accessible to most readers. Kreeft has managed to score major philosophical points by asking the right questions and getting his readers' mental wheels turning. And it's all written in a non-preachy, entertaining and disarming dialogic style.
I intend to collect all of Kreeft's "conversation" books.
Rating: 3
Summary: Gnostic literature
Comment: Verily I say to you... that Prof Kreeft is a good story teller... Plato left us the Socrates legacy... did Plato embellish the dialogs? Socrates left nothing in writing. I guess this is a supposition. It held my interest for at least 25 percent of the pages... then I went into the skim mode.
A few thoughts did occur to me as I flipped through the pages. a) Gnosticism abounds, even today b)I don't think many Theologians would be impressed and c)Wouldn't Jesus have had to raise Socrates from the dead in order for this to occur?
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Title: Between Heaven and Hell by Peter Kreeft ISBN: 0877843899 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1982 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: Philosophy 101 by Socrates: An Introduction to Philosophy Via Plato's Apology by Peter Kreeft ISBN: 0898709253 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Best Things in Life by Peter Kreeft ISBN: 0877849226 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 1984 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: How to Win the Culture War: A Christian Battle Plan for a Society in Crisis by Peter Kreeft ISBN: 0830823166 Publisher: InterVarsity Press Pub. Date: 01 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.00 |
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Title: A Refutation of Moral Relativism: Interviews With an Absolutist by Peter Kreeft ISBN: 0898707315 Publisher: Ignatius Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 1999 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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