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Erigena

American  
[ih-rij-uh-nuh] / ɪˈrɪdʒ ə nə /

noun

  1. Johannes Scotus a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.


Erigena British  
/ ˌɛrɪˈdʒiːnə /

noun

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

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Yet as much as any man, Erigena deserves to be called the father of the Middle Ages.

From Time Magazine Archive

Probably no heretic had a more pervasive influence on the thinking of the church than the witty, 9th century Irish scholar-monk, John Scotus Erigena.

From Time Magazine Archive

Maurice, the only historian of note who declines to ascribe a rationalizing tendency to Erigena, obscures the question by the manner in which he states it.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various

The first is that of Johannes Scotus Erigena.

From The Revival of Irish Literature Addresses by Sir Charles Gavan Duffy, K.C.M.G, Dr. George Sigerson, and Dr. Douglas Hyde by Duffy, Charles Gavan

Almost all writers of weight are agreed that John Scotus Erigena was an Irishman.

From Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886 Volume 15 (January 1886 - July 1886) by Various

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