Ryan Clevenger·Sep 9, 2015Separation Leads to Deeper IntegrationTo sum up: The place and proper medium of body is mind/soul, and that of soul/mind gnosis, that is, the broadening world of contemplation…
Ryan Clevenger·Sep 9, 2015Evagrius’s Transformation of PlatoIn ordinary experience most of us live at the level of appearances where a distinction between soul and body is not even suspected…
Ryan Clevenger·Sep 4, 2015Gregory and Evagrius on Mind-Body, againThese multiperspectival approaches of Evagrius and Gregory, introduced here, are striking. Body is co-extensive with soul, in the sense…
Ryan Clevenger·Sep 4, 2015Gregory and Evagrius on Mind-Body RelationIn addition, such a mind for Gregory and Evagrius is where material boundaries begin to disappear, and so the thought constitutive of mind…
Ryan Clevenger·Sep 2, 2015Problems in Reading Evagrius and Gregory of NyssaMany different viewpoints come together then for Evagrius’ and Gregory’s complex view of mind/soul/body, but most of them point to an…