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Pseudo-Dionysius

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Pseudo-Dionysius [ˌsjuːdəʊˌdaɪəˈnɪsɪəs]
n
(Biography 500 ad) the name given to the unidentified author (c. 500 ad) of important theological works formerly attributed to Dionysius the Areopagite


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Karampetsos (comparative literature, College of Southern Nevada), building on Dante's reference to the Pseudo-Dionysius in the Divine Comedy, contends that Dante's work contains evidence of the important role played by Byzantine art, aesthetics, and theology in his use of images.
The Areopagitica of Pseudo-Dionysius is the locus classicus of metaphysical thought of the medieval mystics, as well as Christian Mysticism in general.
This tradition has a genealogy that goes back to Gregory of Nyssa, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Aquinas, who wrote that it is easier to say what God is not than what God is.
 
 
 
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