The Conditionalist Faith of Our Fathers, vol. 1

CHAPTER THIRTY: Sophists React Against Conflicting Speculative Schools

In order for us to sense the significance of the later postulates of Platonism that ultimately became dominant, it is essential to have a panoramic view of the developing philosophy of ancient Greece as concerns the soul and its fate. In spots it may seem a bit tedious and trivial. But such a survey is necessary if we are realistically to trace the rise of Platonism to its pre-eminence. CFF1 547.1