The Consequences of Ideas — Season 1, Episode 5: Plato (Part 1)
Documentary • 23 min • 1 season, 35 episodes
Episode synopsis
All of us should know what a person is when we see one. But if you were asked to give a definition of a person that captured the essence of personhood to the exclusion of all other creatures, what would it be? Apply that challenge to everything else in the created order with the seemingly endless varieties of things and we begin to feel the weight of the problem. The ancient Greek philosopher Plato did, and in this message, Dr. Sproul helps us understand how Plato viewed the world.
About The Consequences of Ideas
To understand the culture in which we live, you need to be familiar with the ideas that have shaped it. In Ligonier's survey series, The Consequences of Ideas, R.C. Sproul traces the contours of Western philosophy throughout history and shows how our culture evolved to what it is today. From ancient Greek thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to Christian philosophers such as Augustine, Anselm and Aquinas to the shapers of modern thought such as Hume, Kant and Nietzsche, R.C. demonstrates the consequences of each of these and other important thinkers' ideas on world events, theology, the fine arts and culture, as well as our everyday lives. Listen, and you will hear echoes of their ideas in your daily conversations—especially as you witness to unbelievers.