The Author: Igor Pochoshajew studied Theology and Classics in Rostock, Strasbourg and Dublin. His doctoral dissertation, entitled «The soul in Plato, Plotinus, Porphyry and Gregory of Nyssa» discusses the Platonic thought in Gregory of Nyssa’s doctrine on the human soul. Pochoshajew is author of various publications on Gregory of Nyssa. Since 2006 he is Junior Professor for the European History of Religions – Intercultural History of Christianity at the Theological Faculty, University of Rostock.