Hellenic and Hellenistic Origins in the Aesthetics of Pseudo-Dionysius

Text This article studies the Hellenic and Hellenistic sources of Pseudo-Dionysius on Beautiful, and its purpose is to clarify the extent of the influence of the philosophy of Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus and Proclus on aesthetics in the thought system of Dionysius. This purpose is pursued through a descriptive-comparative-analytical method and The method of collecting information is also library and documentary. The result obtained from this study shows the complete predominance of Hellenic and Hellenistic aesthetics on the thinking of this medieval thinker; Although it has used them in a new structure. Among the influences of these philosophers on Dionysius’s aesthetics can be mentioned; The Transcendent Beautiful, the difference between Beautiful and beauty, Beautiful as being cause and the ultimate cause of everything, the way and types of movement in the arc of ascent and descent, the relationship of the One with Good and Beautiful, the unity of Beautiful and being beautiful in the order of divine nature, the interplay of light and Beautiful, the role of love as a factor of connection and movement towards Beautiful, belief in beauty in the essence of matter, entanglement of light and beauty in Hierarchical system of descending arc.