Summary:
This particular thesis explores the concept of god found in two philosophers, who are close to each other in the conceptual worldview. Although in Plato the idea of the Good is the supreme principle without being the god as we understand him today, while in Dionysius the Areopagite we have the Christian orthodox god; nevertheless, the philosophical approach carried out by the two allows for a very interesting convergence between their theories. In the case of Plato, three of his works are examined, the 'Republic', 'Parmenides' and 'Timaeus', where the 'idea of the Good', the 'One' and the 'Reception' are found. So this supreme principle in Plato corresponds to the concept of light, which is the condition of the viewing, but also the cause of beings. The crucial point is that the Platonic god is the visible light, which in order to be seen requires the subject to become worthy of the light. The approach of Dionysius the Areopagite is founded on the Platonic basis, but defines the god even more inaccessible. For Dionysius, the god now becomes the invisible light and the way of approaching Him, requires from the subject to become 'blindness'. That is, the visible as desired becomes darkness. It is about the knowledge of ignorance, as a realization that the obstacle to seeing God is the self itself. This approach is governed by a mystical Neo-Platonism, which is however strongly linked by the Christian orthodox framework which transforms knowledge into faith.
Keywords:
God, Good, Ideas, Ineffable, Light, Negation, Seeing
