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Summary: Stimulating, plausible, intellectual but accessible
Review: 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.
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