Evagrius and Gregory: mind, soul and body in the 4th century

Evagrius of Pontus and Gregory of Nyssa have either been overlooked by philosophers and theologians in modern times, or overshadowed by their prominent friend and brother (respectively), Gregory Nazianzus and Basil the Great.

Yet they are major figures in the development of Christian thought in late antiquity and their works express a unique combination of desert and urban spiritualities in the lived and somewhat turbulent experience of an entire age.

They also provide a significant link between the great ancient thinkers of the past ?

Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, Clement and others ? and the birth and transmission of the early Medieval period ? associated with Boethius, Cassian and Augustine.