DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-A028-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/celsus-late-2nd-century-ad/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 1998
Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/celsus-late-2nd-century-ad/v-1
Article Summary
The Greek philosopher Celsus of Alexandria was a Middle Platonist, known only for his anti-Christian work The True Account. The work is lost, but we have Origen’s reply to it, Against Celsus. In it Celsus defends a version of Platonist theology.
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Dillon, John. Celsus (late 2nd century AD), 1998, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-A028-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/celsus-late-2nd-century-ad/v-1.
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