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    related to pheme "voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say." Via negativa or via negationis (Latin), 'negative way' or 'by way of denial'. The negative...
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  • atheist or pantheist. He most likely followed an apophatic creed (via negativa), making him more of a pandeist." The Venetian Inquisition had Bruno arrested...
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    the Areopagite, such as On Mystical Theology. His discussion of the via negativa was especially influential. Under the influence of Pseudo-Dionysius the...
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