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The reception of Pseudo-Dionysius’s negative theology in Alan of Lille

Revista Espanola de Filosofia Medieval, ISSN: 2530-7878, Vol: 27, Issue: 2, Page: 29-42
2020
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This article investigates the reception of Pseudo-Dionysius’s negative theology in Alan of Lille’s philosophical and speculative theological works. In the first part, it discusses how Alan applied Pseudo-Dionysius’s negative theology to the problem of translatio and the limits of theological language. In the second part, it sheds light on the problematic textual references and allusions in Alan’s appropriation of and remarks about Pseudo-Dionysius. In the final part, the article argues that, despite Alan’s lack of access to the complete Corpus Areopagiticum, his interpretation and adoption of negative theology is philosophically compelling.

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