In Greek antiphysical philosophy, redemption ultimately is redemption from the body. Plato called the body the prison house of the soul, and the highest hope for man would be the disintegration and destruction of the body, so that the soul could be released to live in pure contemplation, unencumbered by any physical influences. Christianity teaches redemption of the body, that in the new heavens and the new earth we will have glorified bodies and still be creatures who are body and soul.
