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Eriugena / [by] John J. O'Meara

By: Series: Irish life and culture ; 17Publication details: Cork : Published for the Cultural Relations Committee of Ireland by the Mercier Press, [1969]Edition: [1st ed.]Description: ix, 73 p. ; 18 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • 189.4 23
LOC classification:
  • B765.J34 O47
Summary: Eurigena, sometimes called John Scotus, an Irishman of the ninth century, was the most considerable philosopher in the Western world between Augustine and Aquinas and (with the possible exception of Berkeley) the greatest Irish philosopher ever. He was an idealist, a poet and a mystic, the brightest ornament of Ireland's much vaunted group of Saints and Scholars, but hitherto Ireland has taken little interest in him. This book is intended to introduce the reader to the man and to his philosophy.
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Loanable Book Library Irish Reserve 189.4 OME (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 000412441

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Eurigena, sometimes called John Scotus, an Irishman of the ninth century, was the most considerable philosopher in the Western world between Augustine and Aquinas and (with the possible exception of Berkeley) the greatest Irish philosopher ever. He was an idealist, a poet and a mystic, the brightest ornament of Ireland's much vaunted group of Saints and Scholars, but hitherto Ireland has taken little interest in him. This book is intended to introduce the reader to the man and to his philosophy.

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