Memory and Individuality in Gregory of Nyssa's Dialogus de anima et resurrectione
This article suggests that Gregory used the genre of Platonic dialogue in order to transform philosophical contradictions into paradoxical, meaningful tensions. The tension explored here is his treatment of memory, in which the memory that is quieted once the soul has lovingly experienced the Good i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2010
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Journal of early Christian studies
Year: 2010, Volume: 18, Issue: 3, Pages: 369-392 |
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| Summary: | This article suggests that Gregory used the genre of Platonic dialogue in order to transform philosophical contradictions into paradoxical, meaningful tensions. The tension explored here is his treatment of memory, in which the memory that is quieted once the soul has lovingly experienced the Good is later revived to account for the individual's bodily atoms at the resurrection. When understood in the context of the treatise's dynamic literary genre, the dialectical movement of the soul in hope and memory is continuous with its experience of the Good. Human impulses that take place within time gradually move human beings closer toward an encounter with the divine. |
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| ISSN: | 1086-3184 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1353/earl.2010.0009 |