Final Paper Prompt

Final Paper Prompt:

For the final paper, I’d like you to reflect on the reconciliation of Platonic, Aristotelian, and Christian thought.

-Specifically, how did Augustine embrace Platonic themes to elaborate his   political thought?

-How did Aquinas embrace Aristotelian philosophy?

-What role do this-worldly concerns play in the thought of Augustine and   Aquinas?

-What role does the realm of the ideal play in their thought?

-Contrast Augustine and Aquinas by identifying the Platonic and Aristotelian   influences in their thought and how they go about reconciling these philosophical outlooks with Christianity