Augustine kicks out the pretentious stilts of intellectual striving: “Those who are raised high in the air, as if by the stage boots of a loftier teaching, the platform boots of actors supposed to represent divinities, don’t hear Jesus saying, ‘Learn from me, since I am gentle and humble at heart, and you will find rest for your souls.’”35 Platonism offered a ladder to (re)connect God and humanity; in Christianity, God climbs down.
