Reincarnation and Other Experiences of the Soul in Plutarch’s De facie: Two Case Studies
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2020Subject
De faciePlutarch
Greek Literature
Religion
Philosophy
Soul
Textual criticism
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In the eschatological myth that closes the De facie, Plutarch continually refers to different groups of souls: those souls that just disincarnated and spend some time in the air between the earth and the moon, those that try to reach to moon and succeed, those that are rejected by the moon, then souls that are punished or rewarded depending on their behaviour in life, etc. The aim of this paper is to analyse the different categories and compare them with the rest of Plutarch’s work and with the literature of his time in order to help to reach a sounding understanding of the De facie.
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En este trabajo analicé el valor ético de la ascensión del alma en el pensamiento de Plutarco. Al estructurar cómo se conciben las experiencias del alma después de la muerte, el estudio contribuyó a aclarar ciertas ideas soteriológicas en juego en este autor, puesto que establece una conexión íntima entre los tipos de almas según se comportamiento en vida y los distintos tipos de destinos, asociados a su vez a distintos lugares del cosmos, tras la muerte. Embargado hasta: 01/01/2100