against the apophatic abandonment of the Dionysian Corpus Knepper, Timothy D. creator author. text bibliography Electronic books. enk 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource. Negating Negation'' critically examines key concepts in the corpus of Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite: divine names and perceptible symbols; removal and negation; hierarchy and hierurgy; ineffability and incomprehensibility. In each case it argues that the Dionysian corpus does not negate all things of an absolutely ineffable God; rather, it negates few things of a God that is effable in important ways. Dionysian divine names are not inadequate metaphors or impotent attributes but transcendent divine causes. Divine names are not therefore flatly negated of God but removed as ordinary propertie. Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Information; Contents; Tables; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1. The Divine Names Are Not Names; Chapter 2. Negation Does Not Negate; Chapter 3. Ranks Are Not Bypassed; Rites Are Not Negated; Chapter 4. The Ineffable God Is Not Ineffable; Conclusion; Bibliography; Back Cover. Timothy D. Knepper. Includes bibliographical references and index. the Areopagite Pseudo-Dionysius Negative theology Christianity History of doctrines RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic RELIGION / Christianity / General Mysticism Negative theology Neoplatonism Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite Criticism, interpretation, etc PHILOSOPHY / Religious BR65.D66 230.14092 9780227902653 0227902653 22573/ctt1cg7pwg JSTOR http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=852855 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=852855 UKMGB 140820 20200709060229.0 ocn889519927 eng