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Erigena [ˌɛrɪˈdʒiːnə] n (Biographies / Erigena, John Scotus (?800-?877) M, Irish, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher) John Scotus. ?800-?877 ad, Irish Neo-Platonist philosopher How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Augustine, Boethius, Erigena, St Anselm, St Thomas Aquinas, Shakespeare, St Francis of Sales, Goethe, T. The great bridge builder of the early Middle Ages is John Scotus Erigena (died 877), an incredibly learned Irishman who, among other things, translated the writings of the Pseudo-Dionysius into Latin and thus, in a stroke, started a stream of "dark" or apophatic theology which would leave its mark on every major medieval thinker as well as subsequent figures like the great mystics John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila. |
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