David of Dinant (c. 1160 – c. 1217) is a pantheistic philosopher.
He may have been a member of, or at least been influenced by, a pantheistic sect known as the Amalricians.
David is condemned by the Catholic Church in 1210 for his writing of the "Quaternuli" (Little Notebooks), which forces him to flee Paris.
When and where he dies is unknown; all that can be ascertained is that he died after the year 1215, as he was condemned again in the council of 1215.
Since David's works were banned, most of what is known of him is from the writings of his contemporaries and opponents, chiefly Albert the Great and St. Thomas Aquinas.
David's philosophy is that everything can be divided among bodies, minds, and eternal substances.
The indivisible substrate or constituent of bodies is matter (hyle); of minds or souls, intellect (nous); and of eternal substances, God (Deus).
These three, matter, intellect, and God, are actually one and the same.
Consequently, all things, material, intellectual, and spiritual, have one and the same essence — God.
