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De herontdekking van de ziel : voor een volwaardige kwaliteitszorg
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ISSN: 09204040 ISBN: 9056250620 9789056250621 Year: 1999 Volume: 87/3 Publisher: Nijmegen Valkhof


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Become like the angels : Origen's doctrine of the soul
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ISBN: 0813220025 9780813220024 9780813220017 0813220017 Year: 2012 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Catholic University of America Press,

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Origen of Alexandria (c. 185-245), a catechist, presbyter, and confessor of the ancient Church was a foundational figure in the establishment of early Christian theology. Today he is commonly referred to as "the first Christian theologian" and is widely known as a master of biblical exegesis, rational inquiry, and spiritual formation. Yet his legacy remains somewhat ambiguous in part because of the posthumous condemnation of certain propositions from his works. Become Like the Angels explores Origen's legacy and, in particular, his teachings about the origin, nature, and destiny of the human person. By way of a historical critical approach, Benjamin P. Blosser discusses the influence of Middle Platonic philosophy on the human soul and then compares it with Origen's teaching.This study finds that, while Origen was highly aware of Middle Platonic speculations on the soul and does borrow extensively from their vocabulary, he never accepts their underlying, philosophical assumptions and is in fact subtly critical of Middle Platonic theories of the soul. His anthropology remains from first to last a biblical, Christian, and even mystical one, the fruit of a remarkable effort to synthesize faith and reason in the ancient Church.


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The afterlife of the Platonic soul : reflections of Platonic psychology in the monotheistic religions
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ISBN: 9789004176232 9004176233 9786612401404 1282401408 9047429672 9789047429678 9781282401402 6612401400 Year: 2009 Volume: *8 9 Publisher: Leiden Boston : Brill,

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Plato's doctrine of the soul, its immaterial nature, its parts or faculties, and its fate after death (and before birth) came to have an enormous influence on the great religious traditions that sprang up in late antiquity, beginning with Judaism (in the person of Philo of Alexandria), and continuing with Christianity, from St. Paul on through the Alexandrian and Cappadocian Fathers to Byzantium, and finally with Islamic thinkers from Al-kindi on. This volume, while not aspiring to completeness, attempts to provide insights into how members of each of these traditions adapted Platonist doctrines to their own particular needs, with varying degrees of creativity.


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De herontdekking van de ziel : voor een volwaardige kwaliteitszorg
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ISBN: 9028931988 9077070281 9789028931985 Year: 2002 Publisher: Kapellen Uitgeverij Pelckmans

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