Celsus Celsus, a Middle Platonist (Origen wrongly called him an Epicurean) critic of Christianity, wrote the Alethes Logos (True doctrine) about 178 CE. We know the work—whose title derives from a Platonic expression ( Meno 81a)—only...

Celsus (Greek: Κέλσος) was a 2nd century Greek philosopher and opponent of Christianity. He is known to us mainly through the reputation of his literary work, The True Word (Account, Doctrine or Discourse) (Λόγος 'AληΘής), almost...