biography
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Erigena, John Scotus
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also known as John the Scot
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pronunciation:
[erijena]
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| male
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| lived:
| (c.810–c.877)
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| biography:
| Philosopher and theologian, born in Scotia (now Ireland), who stands outside the mainstream of mediaeval thought. He taught at the Court of Charles I, the Bald, in France, then supported Hincmar in the predestination controversy with his De praedestinatione (851, On Predestination), which the Council of Valence condemned as pultes Scotorum (‘Irishman's porridge’). He also translated into Latin and provided commentaries on the Greek writings of the theologians of the Eastern Church. His major work, De divisione naturae (c.865, On the Division of Nature), tried to fuse Christian and Neoplatonic doctrines, but his work was later condemned for its pantheistic tendencies. |
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