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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

Also known as Dionysius the Areopagite, Denys

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  • born. 5th centurylow · Wikidata P569
  • died. 6th centurylow · Wikidata P570
  • floruit start. 5th centurylow · Wikidata P2031
  • floruit end. 6th centurylow · Wikidata P2032

Anonymous author (c. 500) who wrote under the name of Paul's Athenian convert; his Celestial Hierarchy and Mystical Theology shaped medieval thought.

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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite or Pseudo-Denys is the pseudonymous name used by a Syrian or Greek monk, Christian theologian and Neoplatonic philosopher of the late 5th to early 6th century, who wrote a set of works known as the Corpus Areopagiticum or Corpus Dionysiacum. Through his writing in Mystical Theology, he has been identified as the "progenitor of apophatic or negative theology."

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mysticism · neoplatonism · 6th-century

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