This work examines apophatic discourse, which embraces the impossibility of naming something that is ineffable by continually turning back upon its own propositions and names. With reference to Greek, Christian and Islamic texts, Sells offers a critical account of how apophatic language works. Acknowledgments
ix
Note to the Reader
x
Introduction/Unsaying
1(13)
Awakening without Awakener: Apophasis in Plotinus
14(20)
The Nothingness of God in John the Scot Eriugena
34(29)
Ibn cArabi's Polished Mirror: Identity Shift and Meaning Event
63(27)
Ibn cArabi's Garden among the Flames: The Heart Receptive of Every Form
90(26)
Apophasis of Desire and the Burning of Marguerite Porete
116(30)
Meister Eckhart: Birth and Self-Birth
146(34)
Porete and Eckhart: The Apophasis of Gender
180(26)
Epilogue
206(13)
Notes
219(86)
Selected Bibliography
305
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