Ancient philosophical ideas of the soul (Plato-Aristotelian tradition and Stoicism) as a source of Patristic Thought
The article discusses the ancient idea of the soul that in the patristic era has been enriched by the perception of the methodology of ancient philosophy. Greek and Roman thinkers considered some properties of the soul, its immortality, revealed its “levels and strata” (Plato, Aristotle), expressed...
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| description | The article discusses the ancient idea of the soul that in the patristic era has been enriched by the perception of the methodology of ancient philosophy. Greek and Roman thinkers considered some properties of the soul, its immortality, revealed its “levels and strata” (Plato, Aristotle), expressed first guesses about the nature of sinful passions (the Stoics). But some aspects still remained unresolved so far. This is the issue of materiality or immateriality, of the soul, which "raised" in the Russian Empire in the 19th century (the dispute saints Theophan the Recluse and Ignatius Brianchaninov) and remains relevant today. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-55fbc7a079ba43908dd42b83193993ec2022-12-21T18:22:55ZengInstitute of Modern Humanitarian ResearchesStudia Humanitatis2308-80792014-10-013Ancient philosophical ideas of the soul (Plato-Aristotelian tradition and Stoicism) as a source of Patristic ThoughtZaitsev Cornelius0Moscow Theological Academy (Sergiyev Posad, Russia)The article discusses the ancient idea of the soul that in the patristic era has been enriched by the perception of the methodology of ancient philosophy. Greek and Roman thinkers considered some properties of the soul, its immortality, revealed its “levels and strata” (Plato, Aristotle), expressed first guesses about the nature of sinful passions (the Stoics). But some aspects still remained unresolved so far. This is the issue of materiality or immateriality, of the soul, which "raised" in the Russian Empire in the 19th century (the dispute saints Theophan the Recluse and Ignatius Brianchaninov) and remains relevant today.http://st-hum.ru/en/node/166/soulphilosophical anthropologymaterial and idealPatristicsstoicismthe peripateticsTheophan the Recluse |
| spellingShingle | Zaitsev Cornelius Ancient philosophical ideas of the soul (Plato-Aristotelian tradition and Stoicism) as a source of Patristic Thought Studia Humanitatis soul philosophical anthropology material and ideal Patristics stoicism the peripatetics Theophan the Recluse |
| title | Ancient philosophical ideas of the soul (Plato-Aristotelian tradition and Stoicism) as a source of Patristic Thought |
| title_full | Ancient philosophical ideas of the soul (Plato-Aristotelian tradition and Stoicism) as a source of Patristic Thought |
| title_fullStr | Ancient philosophical ideas of the soul (Plato-Aristotelian tradition and Stoicism) as a source of Patristic Thought |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ancient philosophical ideas of the soul (Plato-Aristotelian tradition and Stoicism) as a source of Patristic Thought |
| title_short | Ancient philosophical ideas of the soul (Plato-Aristotelian tradition and Stoicism) as a source of Patristic Thought |
| title_sort | ancient philosophical ideas of the soul plato aristotelian tradition and stoicism as a source of patristic thought |
| topic | soul philosophical anthropology material and ideal Patristics stoicism the peripatetics Theophan the Recluse |
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