Dionysius the Areopagite On the divine names ; and, The mystical theology
Historical edition · 1920 · 77,628 words
A historical mysticism text by Pseudo-Dionysius, the Areopagite. This 1920 edition is presented in searchable text, transcribed from a library scan.
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Transcendent Goodness bestows is that of mere ' Existence, and so It derives its first title from the chiefest of the participations in Its Being. From It and in It are very Being and the Principles of the world, and the world which springs from them and all things that in any way continue in existence. This attribute belongs to It in an incomprehensible and concentrated oneness. For all number preexists indivisiblv in the number One, and this number contains all things in itself under the form of …
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