Both Plotinus and Gregory of Nyssa have recourse to the metaphor of
the souls' dance around a choripheus in order to describe rational
natures' assimilation to the Divine. The origin of this image goes back
to Plato's Theaetetus that was later reinterpreted by Clement of
Alexandria according to a Christian meaning. The paper studies the
differences in these uses of the same metaphor on the background of the
distinct conceptions of relation (schesis) and assimilation to God in
Plotinus and Gregory. This analysis highlights the importance of
Clement's contribution in the resematization of some Platonic categories
in Christian theological thought.
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