Apophatic tradition: stages of formation

Artem Hamidulin

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UDC 10 CSCSTI 02.91 Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification 8730

Apophatic tradition: stages of formation

Published в Journal of Philosophical Research · Volume 10, Issue 4, 2024 · Pages 12–18 · Rubrics: The history of philosophy

Received: 23.11.2024 Accepted: 16.12.2024 Published: 17.12.2024

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Artem Hamidulin ¹

1 Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University
Nizhniy Novgorod, Russian Federation

ABSTRACT

The article examines the origins and development of apophatic discourse. The difference between apophatics and cataphatics is defined, two objects of apophatics are fixed, the closeness of apophatic and mystical discourses is noted. The stages of the formation of the apophatic tradition from Plato and Aristotle to Plotinus, Proclus and Damascus, Dionysius the Areopagite and Nicholas of Cusa are considered. It is concluded that the apophatic tradition determined the epistemological and linguistic boundaries, but at the same time it designated irrational ways of comprehending what lies beyond the ordinary world.

KEYWORDS

history of philosophy Platonism Neoplatonism Christianity apophatics Plato Plotinus Proclus Damascus Dionysius the Areopagite Nicholas of Cusa

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Authors:

1. Minin Nizhny Novgorod State Pedagogical University

Nizhniy Novgorod, Russian Federation

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Article

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from 12 to 18

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Published

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UDC 10
CSCSTI 02.91
Russian Library and Bibliographic Classification 8730

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Russian

Keywords:

history of philosophy, Platonism, Neoplatonism, Christianity, apophatics, Plato, Plotinus, Proclus, Damascus, Dionysius the Areopagite, Nicholas of Cusa

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