Dionysius the Areopagite, Works (1897) pp.i-viii. Introduction.
THE WORKS
OF
DIONYSIUS THE AREOPAGITE,
NOW FIRST TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH,
FROM THE ORIGINAL GREEK,
BY THE
REV. JOHN PARKER, M.A.,
Author of
" Christianity Chronologically Confirmed."
" Why am I a Christian ?" " Dionysius the Areopagite. "
"How charming is Divine Philosophy!
Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose,
But musical as is Apollo's lute."
James Parker and Co,
6 SOUTHAMPTON-STREET, STRAND, LONDON;
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1897.
My thanks are due to Miss M. C. Dawes , M. A., for careful
revision of the translation.
DEDICATED
TO
L'ABBÉ J. FABRE D'ENVIEU,
HON. CANON OF ST. DENIS,
IN THANKFUL RECOGNITION