From Aristotle to Christ
How Aristotelian Thought Clarified the Christian Faith

I read this book because I read the author’s previous book “From Plato to Christ” and greatly appreciated his ability to synthesize Platonic thinking over several millennia. With that said, “From Aristotle to Christ” does what “From Plato to Christ” does except for Aristotle instead of Plato. This i......more

Quite good. This is a really helpful introduction (no condescension intended) to the subject of the historic and ongoing relevance of Aristotelian thought to the Christian faith. Markos exposes some significant points of contact between Aristotle's philosophy and Christian ethics and aesthetics that......more

To be honest I’ve always enjoyed reading Plato compared to Aristotle. This is likely at no fault to Aristotle as most of his writings were likely lecture notes from his students or essentially information from his version of power point slides. I had always loved the beauty of Plato’s writings, alle......more

Aristotle, like his teacher Plato, had a particular way of asking questions about the world and organizing information in the way that seemed most logical to him with the information he had available. Even without the direct revelation of the Bible, Aristotle intuited some universal truths that have......more

This is effectively two books. It is an exposition of Aristotle’s thinking, but it is also an exposition of how that thinking influenced Christian thinkers and theological expression. This means that readers not only learn about Aristotle’s views, but they are also introduced to a wide range of sign......more