Companion to John Scottus Eriugena
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2019
Language: eng
Number of pages: 504
ISBN-13: 9789004382671
Subjects: Erigena, johannes scotus, approximately 810-approximately 877; Theology, doctrinal, history
Description: John Scottus Eriugena (d. ca. 877) is regarded as the most important philosopher and theologian in the Latin West from the death of Boethius until the thirteenth century. He incorporated his understanding of Latin sources, Ambrose, Augustine, Boethius and Greek sources, including the Cappadocian Fathers, Pseudo-Dionysius, and Maximus Confessor, into a metaphysics structured on Aristotle's 'Categories', from which he developed Christian Neoplatonist theology that continues to stimulate 21st-century theologians. 0This collection of essays provides an overview of the latest scholarship on various aspects of Eriugena's thought and writings, including his Irish background, his use of Greek theologians, his Scripture hermeneutics, his understanding of Aristotelian logic, Christology, and the impact he had on contemporary and later theological traditions.