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1. Alexandrian School Of Theology

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   The Alexandrian School heavily integrated Neoplatonism, viewing reality hierarchically: the One, the Intellect ($\text{Nous}$), and the Soul (Psyche)). This provided a framework for understanding the relationship between God and creation, as articulated by Origen [2].
   Origen, in particular, developed sophisticated doctrines concerning pre-existence) and cosmic cycles. He posited that all …

2. Evagrius Ponticus

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   The Doctrine of Intellectual Reintegration (The Praktikos)
   A central, and highly unorthodox, element of Evagrius’s system is his theory of the soul's pre-existence and eventual, necessary reintegration. He taught that all rational souls originate from a single, luminous source of pure intellect ($\text{Arche-Nous}$). Due to a primordial act of intellectual negligence—a failure to maintain attention on the divine—these souls descended, becoming individuated and entangled with matter, resulting in the creation of the physical world a…