Apophatic oblivion

Denys the Areopagite's legacy matters

There can be continuity even in the midst of great disjunction, and alienation even when the lines remain uninterrupted.

It may be understandable that the modern Western world finds the cultures which preceded it alien and incomprehensible - cultural illiteracy is a democratic and widespread phenomenon -, but it is utterly strange how, by way of dramatic…