The Philosophy of John Scottus Eriugena: A Study of Idealism in the Middle Ages

by Dermot Moran

Book Overview

This 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521892821
• ISBN13: 9780521892827
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 8.9"