"How then can we speak of the divine names?
How can we do this if the Transcendent surpasses all discourse and all knowledge,
if it abides beyond the reach of mind and of being, if it encompasses and circumscribes, embraces and anticipates all things while itself eluding their grasp and escaping
from any perception, imagination, opinion, name, discourse, apprehension, or understanding?
How can we enter upon this undertaking if the Godhead is superior to being and is unspeakable and unnamable?"
—Pseudo-Dionysius, The Divine Names.
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