Some perennial problems concerning the “immortality if the soul” will be presented; the concept of a "soul" in post-antiquity will be explicated, — the consequences of Augustine’s criticism of Origen’s and Plato’s dualism will be discussed, the idea of the “immortality of the body” will be introduced and contrasted with the Platonic idea if the “immortality” of the soul.
So we will begin with Augustine, then move to Boethius, Duns Scotus, Anselm of Canterbury, Amalric of Bene, David of Dinant. The final part of this course (the course 2) will be devoted to a comparison between Christian philosophy in the middle ages and the philosophy in the Islamic world.