barefootwisdom ([personal profile] barefootwisdom) wrote in [personal profile] sdi 2022-01-19 08:40 pm (UTC)

Yes, this is one of the many places where Pseudo-Dionysius is plagarizing Proclus' treatise on evils. (Often whole paragraphs verbatim.)

Of course, that doesn't make him wrong. I give him credit for recognizing a good argument, even if he felt unable or unwilling to acknowledge his sources.

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