The Armchair Thomist

 Something I wrote a few years back in college. I thought that I may as well post it here while I think of what to write for my next real blog post. Hope you enjoy it.      Few men can compare in wisdom, knowledge, vision, or insight to the illustrious Plato. One of the most influential philosophers in all of Western civilization, Plato stimulates the intellect like rain to a seedling, his recordings of the prying Socrates provoke the reader’s spirit of inquiry, and his contemplations on the nature of reality have been paving the road of philosophy for over 2,000 years. Delving into the deep waters of his dialectics is indispensable to fully appreciate the issues and context not only of contemporary philosophy but also modern, medieval, and ancient philosophy. Whether it is aesthetics, language, poetry, rhetoric, politics, logic, mathematics, epistemology, metaphysics, or theology, the arms of Plato’s mind extend and grasp without limit.      Gripping, active, and entertaining, the d