What lessons can philosophy teach a Christian? Philosophy can mean reasoning out answers to abstruse questions, as one might suspect, but in our case it means the pursuit of Wisdom (philosophy is literally “love of wisdom”) by which we fulfill our human potential (Aristotle, Ethics I.7). Wisdom acquired brings in its turn the kind of happiness that is “the best, noblest, and most pleasant thing in the world” (Ethics I.8). The insights gained by the Greek philosophers have been invaluable to thinkers throughout history. In his Summa Theologica, St. Thomas Aquinas quotes Aristotle more that any source other than St. Augustine, and many of the Greek insights remain valuable today. One strength of these philosophers is the emphasis they put on understanding human nature and also the process by which we as human persons grow to maturity. Their emphasis compliments the emphasis of our Scriptures on understanding God Himself and the Word he speaks to us. While the philosophers focus on the human person, they nonetheless urge us also to grow in awareness of the divine presence within us and to act heroically in accord with the divine will. Writing centuries before Jesus, the philosophers do not always express the personal intimacy with God that we Christians enjoy, but a love for God is still evident, as in Plato’s tribute, “In creating, God was good, and the good can never be jealousy over anything. And being free from jealousy, he desired that all things should be as like to himself as they could be” (Timaeus, 29).