Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite belongs to the philosophical record as a figure whose arguments outlasted the disputes that prompted them.
The record lists Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite as Greek philosopher.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite was born in 500. His recorded nationality is Greece.
Thought in this period moved between the Islamic world, the Jewish communities and the Latin West, and the same texts were argued over in three traditions.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy.
His principal work is De Coelesti Hierarchia. Philosophy advances by objection: an argument matters if serious people spend years attacking it.
That the work was done from Greece matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite died in 600, aged 100. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: De Coelesti Hierarchia
- Fields: philosophy
