Chapter 7 Transmigration and Embodiment

In: Marsilio Ficino as Reader of Plotinus: The ‘Enneads’ Commentary
Author:
Stephen Gersh
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201–209
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004701892_011

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Abstract

One aspect of embodiment is the theory of transmigration. In this context, Ficino criticizes Plotinus apparent endorsement of the doctrine that human souls exist in a perpetual cyclic motion of ascent and descent between the divine and animal spheres. It is noted that even the Christian writer Origen erred with a similar view.

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Series:  History of Metaphysics: Ancient, Medieval, Modern, Volume: 5
Cover Marsilio Ficino as Reader of Plotinus: The ‘Enneads’ Commentary
E-Book ISBN:
9789004701892
Publisher:
Brill
Print Publication Date:
11 Jul 2024

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