Abstract

The term 'apophaticism' (alpha pi omicron phi alpha tau iota sigma mu omicron sigma) is one of the fundamental concepts for theological thinking in Christian East nowadays. In fact, it defines a fundamental gnoseological premise that directly affects the way in which thinking progresses in this tradition. In this article, we present the term's interpretation by the contemporary Greek philosopher and theologian Christos Yannaras and the association suggested by this author regarding the contemporary Western philosophical enquiries, in particular regarding 'nihilism'. Yannaras, in his work, drafts an epistemology of the sensorial experience, based on what he calls 'relational ontology' (omicron nu tau omicron lambda omicron gamma iota alpha tau eta sigma sigma chi epsilon sigma eta sigma), in the context of which the language of art takes on a genuine ontological statute.