Aphrodite Rising

The West is in decline? Chapter One of Aphrodite Rising
deals with the thinkers who believe it is. The rest of the
book advances a brand new idea: the West rests on two
strands of thought inherited from its Greek origins -
the Platonist (spiritual) and Aristotelian (materialist and
scientific). Both are needed but one - the Platonist - has
been eroded and the result is a lopsidedness leading to
decay. The concept of a Creator-God is at the heart of the
decline - it poses too many problems for the Aristotelian
wing. The problem with atheism is explained and the
evolution of Western consciousness traced, with a chapter
on the inability of science to account for it. The book also points
out that materialism and the spiritual aren't incompatible. Other
chapters explain Platonism, with the practical example of Oscar
Wilde who became a Platonist in jail. Finally, the book suggests
how Platonism and Christianity can be brought together, hence
Aphrodite Rising.