Retour de l’âme et salut de l’homme chez Origène d’Alexandrie

Abstract

Interpreting the nature and destiny of man, Origen was inspired, among other things, by the myth – told by Plato in the Phaedrus (246a-249d) – of the loss and recovery of wings by the soul. Compared to the way contemporary Platonists have interpreted this myth, he introduced important innovations, derived from the tradition of the Christian faith: the need for a saviour, the centrality of faith, the idea that the sensitive and historical reality also participate in salvation.

Keywords

• Late-antique philosophy
• Platonism and Christianity
• psychology
• eschatology
• Origen