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Studies in Psychology
Estudios de Psicología
Volume 32, 2011 - Issue 1
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Erwin Rohde y la genealogía del dualismo alma/cuerpo

Erwin Rohde and the genealogy of soul/body dualism

Pages 69-83 | Published online: 23 Jan 2014
 

Resumen

En 1891 se publica en Heidelberg la obra que hará de Erwin Rohde un autor de referencia para el estudio de la religión griega: Psique. La idea de alma e inmortalidad entre los griegos. Esta obra contiene muchas de las claves necesarias para entender la emergencia del dualismo alma/cuerpo en el seno de la cultura griega. La hipótesis que Rohde tratará de sacar adelante es que la idea de la inmortalidad del alma habría surgido de las experiencias de éxtasis en las prácticas de culto “entusiasta” al dios Dionisos, pasando así de manos del orfismo a la elaboración ya filosófica que recibiría con Platón, el cual la situaría en el centro de la filosofía, preparándola para la recepción que la religión judeo-cristiana haría de ella.

Abstract

In 1891, Erwin Rohde's most important book, Psyche: The Cult of Souls and the Belief in Immortality among the Greeks, an essential work for the Study of Greek religion, was published in Heidelberg. This work comprises many of the necessary keys to both understand and appreciate the origins of soul/body dualism within Greek culture. Rohde's main hypothesis is that the concept of soul immortality arises from ecstatic experiences related to the “enthusiastic” cult of Dionysus. Plato developed the orphic idea of soul immortality from a philosophical point of view, which played a decisive role in the Judaeo-Christian conception of such idea.

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