The Philosophy of John Scottus Eriugena: A Study of Idealism in the Middle AgesThis work is a substantial contribution to the history of philosophy. Its subject, the ninth-century philosopher John Scottus Eriugena, developed a form of idealism that owed as much to the Greek Neoplatonic tradition as to the Latin fathers and anticipated the priority of the subject in its modern, most radical statement: German idealism. Moran has written the most comprehensive study yet of Eriugena's philosophy, tracing the sources of his thinking and analyzing his most important text, the Periphyseon. This volume will be of special interest to historians of mediaeval philosophy, history, and theology. |
Contents
The predestination debate | 27 |
Eriugenas life and early writings | 35 |
The Greek awakening | 48 |
The Periphyseon | 58 |
Eriugena as philosopher | 81 |
Eriugenas sources | 103 |
Dialectic philosophy and the life of the mind | 123 |
The meaning of human nature | 154 |
The meaning of nonbeing | 212 |
The meaning of nature | 241 |
Eriugenas influence on later mediaeval philosophy | 269 |
Conclusion | 282 |
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A. H. Armstrong Alcuin Alumnus argued Augustine Augustine's Augustinian Beierwaltes Boethius Book Cambridge Cappuyns Carolingian Charles the Bald Christ Christian commentary contained contemplation created creation creature definition dialectic Dionysius discussion divine divisions of nature doctrine Eriugena says Eriugena's philosophy essence eternal fact four divisions glosses Gottschalk Greek Gregory of Nyssa hierarchy Hincmar Hrabanus Hrabanus Maurus human mind idea idealist infinite intellectual interpretation Irish Jean Scot Erigène Jeauneau Johannes Scottus Eriugena John Scottus Eriugena knowledge Laon Latin liberal arts manuscript Marenbon Martianus Capella Maximus meaning mediaeval médiévale Meister Eckhart metaphysical mode negative theology Neoplatonic Nicholas of Cusa ninth century non-being Nutritor O'Meara ontological ousia pantheism paradise Paris perfect human nature Periphyseon Platonic Plotinus praedestinatione primary causes Proclus quae Ratramnus Rheims Roques Saint self-knowledge Sheldon-Williams's translation soul spiritual theology theophanies theory things thought tradition transcends ugena understanding understood University Press
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Page 289 - Johann Scotus Erigena, oder von dem Ursprung einer christlichen Philosophie und ihrem heiligen Beruf.
References to this book
From Paradise to Paradigm: A Study of Twelfth-century Humanism Willemien Otten No preview available - 2004 |