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Erigena

[ih-rij-uh-nuh]
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noun
  1. Jo·han·nes Sco·tus [joh-han-eez skoh-tuh s, -han-is] /dʒoʊˈhæn iz ˈskoʊ təs, -ˈhæn ɪs/, a.d. c810–c877, Irish philosopher and theologian.
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  • Perhaps John, called the Scot or Erigena, also came, but we do not know certainly.

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    Ernest Savage

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

  • Erigena teaches the restitution of all things under the form of the Dionysian adunatio or deificatio.

  • Erigena translated Dionysius into Latin along with the commentaries of Maximus, and his system is essentially based upon theirs.

  • Two medallions of Alfred and Erigena ornament the outside of the Hall, so as to overlook the field of battle.

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Erigena

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