/lit/ - Literature

Hey, /lit/, I have a theory.

I've recently developed an interest in Christian theology, and at the moment happen to be making my way through Plato's Republic (not entirely related). There are some strong parallels betwen Socratic thought and Christianity, to such an extent that Dante depicts Socrates and Plato, essentially, as honorary Christians in the Inferno.

Now, I learned in my ancient history class that most Greek and Roman texts only survived throughout the Dark Ages due to the monks. So this got me wondering: to what extent, if any, has Christianity influenced our view of Hellenestic/Roman thought ex post facto? Wouldn't it make sense for the monks to save those works that point to God, and consign those that don't to the trash bin of history? If monks preserved only works that they found theologically important, wouldn't that change to course of history?

tl;dr - did monks trick us and fuck up philosophy?