An Illustrated Brief History of Western Philosophy, ch. 5

I'm not sure where Dr. Kenny got his history, but this chapter is very different than the history I have learned and the one presented in the Bible. In respect to Jesus, he makes the assertion that "When, after (Jesus') death, heaven and earth continued on their accustomed courses, his followers had to come to terms with a problem which was not faced by others such as Stoics who placed the end of the cosmic drama in the indefinite and distant future." Kenny continues by making no reference to the resurrection, no acknowledgement of any evidence to Jesus' deity (miracles, insight, etc.), no power in the Spiritual practices of the early church, and centers the entire history on Paul alone. He then goes on to describe Origen's universalism as if there were no other early church thinkers offering philosophical thought. There is much more in this chapter, but this glaring oversight has sucked the wind out of my desire to write about this book.