Erigena
Americannoun
noun
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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
Yet as much as any man, Erigena deserves to be called the father of the Middle Ages.
From Time Magazine Archive
Some early writers thought there were two persons, John Scotus and John Erigena.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
Roger Bacon, in his severe criticism on the ignorance of Greek displayed by the most eminent scholastic writers, expressly exempts Erigena, and ascribes to him a knowledge of Aristotle in the original.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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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