▁philosophy ▁is ▁not ▁one ▁convention ally ▁associated ▁with ▁the ▁Renaissance . ▁Indeed , ▁he ▁tends ▁to ▁believe ▁that ▁the ▁truth ▁is ▁lost ▁over ▁time ▁and ▁is ▁only ▁preserved ▁in ▁the ▁pris ci ▁the olog ica . ▁Ste u co ▁preferred ▁Pl ato ▁to ▁Arist ot le ▁and ▁saw ▁greater ▁con gru ence ▁between ▁the ▁former ▁and ▁Christian ity ▁than ▁the ▁latter ▁phil os opher . ▁He ▁held ▁that ▁philosophy ▁works ▁in ▁harm ony ▁with ▁religion ▁and ▁should ▁lead ▁to ▁knowledge ▁of ▁God , ▁and ▁that ▁truth ▁flows ▁from ▁a ▁single ▁source , ▁more ▁ancient ▁than ▁the ▁Gree ks . ▁Ste u co ▁was ▁strongly ▁influenced ▁by ▁I amb lich us ' s ▁statement ▁that ▁knowledge ▁of ▁God ▁is ▁inn ate ▁in ▁all , ▁and ▁also ▁gave ▁great ▁importance ▁to ▁Herm es ▁Tr ism eg ist us . ▁ ▁In flu ence ▁Ste u co ' s ▁per enn ial ▁philosophy ▁was ▁highly ▁regarded ▁by ▁some ▁sch ol ars ▁for ▁the ▁two ▁centuries ▁after ▁its ▁publication , ▁then ▁largely ▁forgotten ▁until ▁it ▁was ▁redis cover ed ▁by ▁Otto ▁Will mann ▁in ▁the ▁late ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 th ▁century . ▁Over all , ▁De ▁per en ni ▁philosoph ia ▁wasn ' t ▁particularly ▁influ ential , ▁and ▁largely ▁conf ined ▁to ▁those ▁with ▁a ▁similar ▁orientation ▁to ▁himself . ▁The ▁work ▁was ▁not ▁put ▁on ▁the ▁Index ▁of ▁works ▁b anned ▁by ▁the ▁Roman ▁Catholic ▁Church , ▁although ▁his ▁Cos m op oe ia ▁which ▁expressed ▁similar ▁ideas ▁was . ▁Relig ious