Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. Preface ix
4. Instead of an Introduction 1
5. 1. Philosophia 7
6. 2. Why Plato Now? 23
7. 3. Platonic and Christian Hope 34
8. 4. Fulfillment 48
9. 5. Anselm's Proslogion and Its Hegelian Interpretation 73
10. 6. Ascent: Plotinian Motifs in Bonaventure's Itinerary of the Mind to God 91
11. 7. Bonaventure's Contribution to the Twentieth-Century Debate on Apophatic Theology 107
12. 8. Life, Science, and Wisdom According to Descartes 123
13. 9. Philosophy and Christianity (An Hour with Pascal) 149
14. 10. Leibniz on God and Suffering 170
15. 11. Hegel and Modem Culture 195
16. 12. The Significance of Levinas for Christian Thought 212
17. Epilogue 225
18. Works Cited and Editions Used 229
19. Index 235