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Entry: Two New Myth-Busting Books Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/two_new_myth_busting_books#5202 Post contents: @Wheeler As far as I can tell, when the Pope makes a decision, he does not base it on Plato and Aristotle, but on Scripture and Tradition. Actually, it took a while for Christianity to accept Aristotle as an authority. It took Thomas Aquinas to convince the Chruch that following Aristotle did not meant you were a heretic (and we know what the penalties for heresy were then). You wnat to discuss Western Civilization, fine, but if you discuss Christendom, you better be aware that the Greek classics are read on a contingent basis, that is, as long as they do not contradict Revelation. There have been Christian scholars who loved Aristotle and thought little of Plato, and Christian scholars who followed Plato and despised Aristotle. But there were no Chrsitan scholars who rejected Scripture. Sent at: 2008 05 16