''Dionysius'' is a

scholarly journal An academic journal (or scholarly journal or scientific journal) is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. They serve as permanent and transparent forums for the dissemination, scr ...

published by the Department of Classics at

Dalhousie University Dalhousie University (commonly known as Dal) is a large public research university in Nova Scotia, Canada, with three campuses in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Halifax, a fourth in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia, Bible Hill, and a second medical school campus ...

. It was established originally in 1977, and a new series began in 1998. It publishes articles on the history of ancient

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

theology Theology is the study of religious belief from a Religion, religious perspective, with a focus on the nature of divinity. It is taught as an Discipline (academia), academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itse ...

, and has a special interest in the Aristotelian and

Neoplatonic Neoplatonism is a version of Platonic philosophy that emerged in the 3rd century AD against the background of Hellenistic philosophy and religion. The term does not encapsulate a set of ideas as much as a series of thinkers. Among the common id ...

traditions. It also publishes more general articles relating to literature, history, and religion. The original

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were J.A. Doull, R.D. Crouse, and A. H. Armstrong, whose ''Form, Individual, and Person in Plotinus'' appeared in the first volume. Many of the original editorial advisors made contributions to the journal. Examples include Werner Beierwaltes' ''Negati Affirmatio or The World as Metaphor: A Foundation for Medieval Aesthetics from the Writings of John Scotus Eriugena'' and his ''Cusanus and Eriugena''; Mary T. Clark's ''Augustine's Theology of the Trinity: Its Relevance''; J.N. Findlay's ''The Myths of Plato'';

Hans-Georg Gadamer Hans-Georg Gadamer (; ; 11 February 1900 – 13 March 2002) was a German philosopher of the continental tradition, best known for his 1960 on hermeneutics, '' Truth and Method'' (''Wahrheit und Methode''). Life Family and early life Gad ...

's ''Plato's "Parmenides" and Its Influence''; and George Grant's ''Nietzsche and the Ancients: Philosophy and Scholarship''.

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