A first principle cannot come into being, for while anything that comes to be must come to be from a first principle, the latter itself cannot come to be from anything whatsoever; if it did, it would cease any longer to be a first principle. - Phaedrus 245C

The seed of (so called) #Neoplatonism, and #apophaticism thereafter:

Julia Konstantiovsky will teach two sessions. The first looks at Evagrius Ponticus and pseudo-Dionysius and the early mystical traditions within a Patristic context. The second introduces Eastern Orthodox spirituality by focusing on Gregory Palamas. /5
#dionysius #patristics #apophaticism