The Cloud of unknowing, and other works

Author(s)

• Wolters, Clifton
• Dionysius, the Areopagite, 1st cent.

Bibliographic Information

The Cloud of unknowing, and other works

translated [from Middle English] into modern English with an introduction by Clifton Wolters

（Penguin classics）

Penguin, 1978

Uniform Title

Cloud of unknowing

Note

Bibliography: p. 30-[34]

Contents of Works

• The cloud of unknowing
• The epistle of privy counsel
• Dionysius' mystical teaching
• The epistle of prayer

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Although the exact identity of this text's author remains obscure, he was probably an English country parson of the late 14th century. The main theme of this book is that god cannot be reached by human intellect but only by a love that can pierce the "cloud of unknowing".

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA1194424X
• ISBN:
  • 0140443851
• LCCN: 79305465
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: enm
• Place of Publication: Harmondsworth ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: 231 p.
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BV5080
  • DC : 248/.22
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Mysticism -- History -- Middle Ages, 600-1500
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00305646