Damascius Quotes on God
Damascius was a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher and the last head of the Platonic Academy at Athens before its closure under the emperor Justinian in 529. This page collects quotes attributed to Damascius on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Damascius:
“All things proceed from the Ineffable, which is beyond all categories of being.”
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Attributed to Damascius:
“Knowledge of the divine is more like a wonder than a thought.”
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Attributed to Damascius:
“We do not so much know the One as touch upon it.”
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Attributed to Damascius:
“Even the affirmation of unity falls short of the truly One.”
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Attributed to Damascius:
“The soul that knows itself participates already in the divine.”