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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite

500 - 510

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Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite (or Dionysius the Pseudo-Areopagite) was a Greek author, Christian theologian and Neoplatonic philosopher of the late 5th to early 6th century, who wrote a set of works known as the Corpus Areopagiticum or Corpus Dionysiacum. Through his writing in Mystical Theology, he has been identified as the "progenitor of apophatic or negative theology." The author pseudepigraphically identifies himself in the corpus as "Dionysios", portraying himself as Dionysius the Areopagite, the Athenian convert of Paul the Apostle mentioned in Acts 17:34. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite is the 247th most popular philosopher (down from 237th in 2019). (down from 159th in 2019)

Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite is most famous for his book "The Divine Names and Mystical Theology."

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 247 out of 1,267Before him are Al-Jahiz, Gabriel Marcel, Milarepa, Josef Breuer, George Herbert Mead, and Pelagius. After him are Shen Kuo, Imre Lakatos, Bias of Priene, Cleanthes, Adam Weishaupt, and Cratylus.

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Among people born in 500, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 5Before him are Theodora, Procopius, Totila, and Pope Vigilius. After him are Basiliscus, Peroz I, Sigismund of Burgundy, Rhadamistus, Nonnus, Antipope Laurentius, and Yazdegerd II. Among people deceased in 510, Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite ranks 1After him are Tato, Bisinus, Ghazar Parpetsi, and Drest Gurthinmoch.

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