Mumford said, ‘Dionysius.’
She waved a book.
‘He was a Greek who wrote about mystical Christian theology in the late 5th and early 6th centuries.
‘Listen to this:’
The higher we soar in contemplation the more limited become our expressions of that which is purely intelligible …
we pass not merely into brevity of speech, but even into absolute silence of thoughts and of words. …
according to the degree of transcendence, so our speech is restrained until … we become wholly voiceless, inasmuch as we are absorbed in it that is totally ineffable.
REFERENCES: Pseudo-Dionysus, The Mystical Theology of Dionysius the Areopagite. Trans (1923) Editors of The Shrine of Widsom, Fintry, Brook, NR Godalming, Surrey, England. Published Letchworth, Herts, UK: Garden City Press Ltd.
Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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