A Methodist minister and University of Michigan philosopher surveys Greek thought, from the religion of the Athenians and their altar to the Unknown God through Socrates, Plato and the later schools. His argument is that spontaneous and reflective Greek thinking prepared the ground for the teaching of Christ and the apostles. Published in New York in 1870.
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