How does Plato influence Augustine?

Answer 1

In the Platonic manner, Augustine considered the application of pure reason, using the intellect, as superior to the evidence of the senses. Augustine would try to leave the sense world of the body and retreat into the spiritual world of introspection and escape from the body.

Therefore, Augustine adopted some presuppositions from Platonic reasoning. Among these presuppositions was the doctrine of the immutability of God. Greek philosophy had a tremendous influence on Augustine. Augustine had already concluded that the idea of a mutable God was an absurdity. Earlier in his life, when Augustine had read the Bible, he saw that the Bible revealed a mutable God. This caused him to doubt its veracity.

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