Eriugena

Zusatztext 'this book is a model of what such an introduction should be: clear! concise! and covering all the important questions'Thomas O'Loughlin! Studies Klappentext The 9th-century Irish scholar Johannes Scottus Eriugena's main work, Periphyseon (de devisione naturae) is a remarkable attempt at an intellectual synthesis between the Bible and neoplatonist philosophy. O'Meara has brought together the results of the most recent research in this study of Eriugena's Irish background, life in France, and career as a teacher, controversialist, translator, and poet. The book also contains an extended and careful summary of the Periphyseon and the first translation into English of the Homily on the Prologue to St. John's Gospel Zusammenfassung A study of the life and work of the 9th-century Irish scholar Johannes Scottus Eriugena. It includes an extended summary of his most important work, "Periphyseon", a remarkable attempt at a synthesis between the Bible and Neoplatonist philosophy.

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• Authors: &apos, John J. meara, O&apos, John Joseph Omeara, O'Meara, John J O'Meara, John J. O'Meara, John J. O''meara, John J. (Director of Eriugenian Studies O''meara, O'Meara John J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.05.1988
• EAN: 9780198266747
• ISBN: 978-0-19-826674-7
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Philosophers, Biography: general, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval, Ireland, c 500 to c 1000 CE, Biography: philosophy and social sciences, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy