Гръцки източници на учението за душата в старобългарската литература
Greek Sources of the Teaching of the Soul in the Old Bulgarian Literature

Summary/Abstract: The teaching of the soul is extremely important for revealing the medieval world outlook since focuses on the principal questions about the essence of man (the man who is his soul) and the meaning of human existence. Studying the rich tradition of ancient philosophy (Aristotle and especially Plato’s teaching of the soul in “The State” and “Phaedo”). Greek authors like Gregory Nazianzen, Gregory of Nyssa and Maxim the Confessor created a rich stock of ideas from which the Old Bulgarian authors obviously benefited. The comparison of the Greek texts of “Seventh Funeral Oration for Caesar” by Gregory Nazianzen and particularly of the “Commentary on the Song of Songs”, “About the Resurrection of the Soul. A Conversation with Sister Makrina” and “The Life of Moses” by Gregory of Nyssa with works of the Old Bulgarian literature like “The Life of Romil of Vidin” and “The First Message to Nicodemus of Tistna” by Patriarch Euthymius clearly indicates the adoption of the Greek theories of the similarity of the soul to God.

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