Socrates in New York

Socrates in New York by Kotselas, John. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780966231694.

1998 winner of the MEDAL OF BYZANTINE HUMANISM AND PAIDEIA! What would happen if one of the most renowned figures of history, Socrates, came to New York and held a dialogue with threeintriguing New Yorkers: a scientist, a professor of philosophy and a theologian? In this book, Socrates In New York, Socrates debates with three modern scholars concerning the timeless and universal philosophical questions such as the nature of Justice, Love, Freedom, Knowledge, and in particular, God. Socrates reminds us that these enduring issues are as relevant, desirable, and applicable today in our modern scientific and technological environment, as they were in the philosophical days of ancient Greece. This book reveals the many similarities between Greek philosophy, based on the thinking of Socrates and Plato, and the One God-Old Testament theology of Hebrew thought. It connects the corresponding message of both Greek and Hebrew thinking to the New Testament life of Christ. Although Socrates lived 2400 years ago, his ideas continue to permeate human thought even today. The historical account of his trial and execution is the most widely read, following that of Jesus Christ. His words have stimulated the minds of many of the worlds greatest figures, from Plato to Nietzsche, Augustine to C.S. Lewis, Freud to Martin Luther King. Socrates ideas were millenia ahead of his time, on issues such as the intellectual equality of the sexes, which places him as an honored hero by womens rights advocates of today, or on his belief that the earth soins on its axis. The personalities of the characters Spock, McCoy and Captain Kirk, of the world renowned TV series Star Trek, are embodiments of his ideas, displaying Socratic philosophy not only to the intellectuals, but to the public in general. Today, in SOCRATES IN NEW YORK, we will encounter something which intellectuals for thousands of years have known with the help of Socrates: The nature and reality of God.