Erigena

[ ih-rij-uh-nuh ]

noun

1. Jo·han·nes Sco·tus [joh-, han, -eez , skoh, -t, uh, s, -, han, -is], a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.

Erigena

/ ˌɛrɪˈdʒiːnə /

noun

1. ErigenaJohn Scotus?800?877MIrishPHILOSOPHY: philosopher John Scotus. ?800–?877 ad , Irish Neo-Platonist philosopher

Example Sentences

The Scholastic philosophy sent forth such daring thinkers as Erigena and Abélard.

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Brucker, very unjustly, as I imagine from the passages he quotes, accuses John Erigena of pantheism.

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It is scholastic realism—realism as intense and unmitigated as that of Scotus Erigena a thousand years ago.

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During the same century another opponent of this dominant system appeared: John Scotus Erigena.

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Erigena in all probability never left France, and Haurau has advanced some reasons for fixing the date of his death about 877.

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