Dominion: The Making of the Western Mind

Saint Mark, who was believed to have founded the Church of Alexandria, with the walls and balconies of the great city rising behind him. Celebrated as a powerhouse of scholarship, Alexandria was home in the third century to Origen, a Christian as versed in Greek literature as he was in Jewish scripture. ‘No one can truly do duty to God,’ he declared, ‘who does not think like a philosopher.’ (Wikipedia)