God made flesh for a common ground with Hellenism, especially Platonism and Stoicism. In his Second Apology, Justin argued the superiority of Jesus’ teaching to that of Socrates and all other human wisdom on the basis that Jesus alone was the entire Word of God. Justin did not argue that the Word of God could be found only in Christ. On the contrary, he believed that the teaching of Plato, along with other Greek writers, was not different from that of Jesus but only a dim intimation of him who was