Olympiodorus, Christianity, and Metensomatosis

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Pages:: 221–242

DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004466708_013

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Metensomatosis, or the transmigration of the soul, was a (if not the) core teaching of Ancient Platonism. This was not lost upon the Church Fathers, who made great use of it in their attempt to demonstrate the folly and impiety of the followers of Plato. Standing before his overwhelmingly Christian audience, Olympiodorus therefore faced a choice: to teach or not to teach metensomatosis to those primed to dismiss it out of hand? As this chapter argues, he chose the former option, and was not without his reasons for doing so.

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Olympiodorus of Alexandria

Exegete, Teacher, Platonic Philosopher

Series: Philosophia Antiqua, Volume: 159

E-Book ISBN:: 9789004466708

Publisher:: Brill

Print Publication Date:: 21 Jun 2021

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