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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite Quotes on Knowledge

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite is the conventional name given to an anonymous late-fifth or early-sixth-century Christian theologian who wrote in Greek under the persona of the Athenian convert of the Apostle Paul mentioned in Acts 17. This page collects quotes attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.

Quotes

  • Attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite:

    “The God of all is intelligible to no one, and yet present to all.”

  • Attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite:

    “Negation is more truthful than affirmation when it comes to God.”

  • Attributed to Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite:

    “We must approach the divine darkness through the way of unknowing.”

  • “The indefiniteness beyond being”

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  • “In preeminence, the cause of all that is sensible is not anything sensible .”

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  • “In preeminence, the cause of all that is intelligible is not anything intelligible .”

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