Peter Kreeft Quotes


We can't avoid reasoning; we can only avoid doing it well.


Citations

Kreeft, Peter. Socratic Logic: A Logic Text Using Socratic Method, Platonic Questions, and Aristotelian Principles. St. Augustine's Press, 2004.

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Peter Kreeft
Peter Kreeft
  • Born: March 16, 1937
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Educator

Peter John Kreeft (/kreɪft/; born 1937) is a professor of philosophy at Boston College and The King's College. A convert to Roman Catholicism, he is the author of over eighty books on Christian philosophy, theology and apologetics. He also formulated, together with Ronald K. Tacelli, "Twenty Arguments for the Existence of God".