Introduction to Philosophy

The thick volumes on the history of philosophy found in university libraries often overlook Christian thought, considering it an unrelated subject, an object of other study. On the other hand, the few existing works on "Christian philosophy" address specific and particular topics, assuming that the reader already knows what philosophy is, and therefore omit all historical background.

What was needed was a general educational work that would lay out before the eyes of the Christian student the entire canvas of speculation: from Socrates to Sartre, from the dawn of philosophy to the postmodern thought prevalent in our 21st-century society. And that it would do so from a Christian perspective.

Alfonso Ropero has more than filled this void in Christian literature. By extracting the most insightful aspects of the philosophical system of each historical moment, he presents the perennial thought of each prominent author, with a clear pedagogical approach.

He provides an exceptional tool for all those institutes, seminaries, students, and pastors eager to transcend the framework of ignorance in which faith seems to be enclosed.