Christos Yannaras is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens. Born in Athens in 1935, I have studied at the Universities of Athens, Thessalonica, Bonn, and Paris. He holds doctorates in philosophy from the Sorbonne and in theology from Thessalonica. He is the author of more than twenty books that have been translated into a number of languages.