Apophaticism, Mysticism, and Epoptics in Ancient and Patristic Philosophy: Some Important Examples
Verbum Vitae October 3, 2023 Ilaria Ramelli 1 citation
This article investigates mystic apophaticism in a set of Greek Patristic theologians, profoundly informed by philosophy, especially imperial Platonism: Clement, Origen, Gregory of Nyssa, and Pseudo-Dionysius. Both the terminology and the argumentative structure will be examined in each author and important connections among themselves and with ‘pagan’ Neoplatonists (including Plotinus,...