Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

Theophany: The Neoplatonic Philosophy of Dionysius the Areopagite

Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite
Neoplatonism
Philosophy and religion
Theophanies -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600

"The work of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite stands at a cusp in the history of thought: it is at once Hellenic and Christian, classical and medieval, philosophical thought and theological. Unlike the predominantly theological or text-historical studies which constitute much of the scholarly literature on Dionysius within the tradition of ancient Greek philosophy in nature, placing Dionysius within the tradition of ancient Greek philosophy and emphasizing, in a positive light, his continuity with the non-Christian Neoplatonism of Plotinus and Proclus. Eric D. Perl offers clear expositions of the reasoning that underlies Neoplatonic doctrines. He includes extensive accounts of fundamental ideas in Plotinus and Proclus, as well as Dionysius himself, and provides an excellent philosophical defense of Neoplatonism in general." --Publisher.

Eric D. Perl

Albany : State University of New York Press

Series: SUNY series in ancient Greek philosophy.

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