Über die Seele und die Auferstehung (De anima et resurrectione)

Über die Seele und die Auferstehung (De anima et resurrectione)

von Gregor von Nyssa

[De anima et resurrectione]
In the famous dialogue, which has also been referred to as the »Christian Phaidon«, Macrina in the role of the Christian philosophical teacher and her brother Gregory of Nyssa in the role of the student discuss death, the soul, resurrection and the reasonableness of Christian revelation. On the basis of questions of anthropology and science, the nature and state of the soul after death, the transmigration of souls and the role of a good life in this world for our existence in the hereafter, Christian theology proves to be a more coherent philosophy than the widespread teachings of antiquity. The great popularity of this text in earlier centuries led to a rich manuscript tradition, which is comprehensively taken into account here for the first time in a modern translation.