Being strongly influenced by Plato’s ideas about the soul, Origen “built into Christian doctrine the whole cosmic drama of the soul, which he took from Plato, ” observes theologian Werner Jaeger.
كَانَ أُورِيجَانُس تِلْمِيذَ إِقْلِيمِس ٱلْإِسْكَنْدَرِيِّ ٱلَّذِي جَلَبَ فِكْرَةَ خُلُودِ ٱلنَّفْسِ مِنَ ٱلتَّقْلِيدِ ٱلْيُونَانِيِّ .‏