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  Socrates Meets

  Socrates Meets Jesus: History's Greatest Questioner Confronts the Claims of Christ

  by Peter Kreeft

  What would happen if Socrates--yes, the Socrates of ancient Athens--suddenly showed up on the campus of a major university and enrolled in its divinity school?What would he think of human progress since his day?How would he react to our values? To our culture?And what would he think of Jesus?Peter Kreeft, Christian philosopher and longtime admirer of the historic Socrates, imagines the result. In this drama... (more)
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  Best Things in Life

  by Peter Kreeft

  Peter Kreeft's Socrates probes the contemporary values of success, power and pleasure.
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  Angels and Demons: What Do We Really Know About Them?

  by Peter Kreeft

  In response to actual questions many people have asked him about angels and demons, well-known author and philosophy professor Peter Kreeft separates fact from fantasy and myth from reality as he answers 100 common questions about these spiritual beings. Based on a very popular college course he teaches on this subject, this book responds to the incredible amount of interest in angelic beings and attempts to clear... (more)
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  Socratic Logic 3e: A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles (William Moerbeke Series)

  by Peter Kreeft

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  Socrates Meets Sartre: The Father Of Philosophy Meets The Founder of Existentialism

  by Peter Kreeft

  This book is one of a series of Socratic explorations of some of the Great Books. The books in this series are intended to be short, clear, and non-technical, thus fully understandable by beginners. Through such Socratic dialogues, Peter Kreeft introduces (or reviews) the basic questions in the fundamental divisions of philosophy: metaphysics, epistemology, anthropology, ethics, logic, and method. In Socrates... (more)
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  Socratic Logic: A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles

  by Peter Kreeft

  There are hundreds of logic tests in print, but none like this one. (1) This is the only complete system of classical Aristotelian logic in print. The "old logic" is still the natural logic of the four language arts (reading, writing, speaking, and listening). Symbolic, or "mathematical," logic may be superior to classical "ordinary-language" Aristotelian logic for the sciences, but not for the humanities, and is... (more)
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  Socrates Meets Descartes: The Father of Philosophy Analyzes the Father of Modern Philosophy's Discourse on Method

  by Peter Kreeft

  This is the 5th volume in the series of popular, small volumes by the well-known philosophy professor and prolific author, Peter Kreeft, in which the "Father of Philosophy", Socrates, cross-examines various other important philosophers and thinkers (in previous books he examined Marx, Sarte, Machiavelli, and Socrates himself.) In this work, Kreeft states that Socrates and Descartes are perhaps the two ... (more)
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  Socrates Meets Machiavelli: The Father of Philosophy Cross-Examines the Author of The Prince

  by Peter Kreeft

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  Back to Virtue: Traditional Moral Wisdom for Modern Moral Confusion

  by Peter Kreeft

  Kreeft issues a clear call to all Christians to get back to their active pursuit of real virtue in their daily lives. This in-depth analysis of the meaning of the virtues and their connection with the Beatitudes also summarizes a scriptural and theological wisdom on leading a holy life. Includes the accumulated wisdom of St. Paul, C.S. Lewis, and many others.
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  You Can Understand The Bible: A Practical And Illuminating Guide To Each Book In The Bible

  by Peter Kreeft

  Catholics are often intimidated or overwhelmed by the sheer size and complexity of the Bible. But now popular author and teacher Peter Kreeft has written a clear road map of the Bible, focusing his keen insight and engaging wit on the core message of each book. Sparkling with intelligence and Kreeft's trademark humor, You Can Understand the Bible will transform dry study into spiritually satisfying adventures in... (more)
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  Socrates Meets Marx: The Father of Philosophy Cross-Examines the Founder of Communism

  by Peter Kreeft

  "Imagine two of the most influential thinkers of all time, and two of the most diametrically opposed, thrust together in a no holds barred debate about some of the most important questions: Does man move the world or is he only a puppet of forces beyond his control? Is there a human nature or only market forces? Is Communism the liberator of mankind or a deadly scourge? The father of philosophy cross-examines the... (more)