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Periphyseon: The Division of Nature

By Johannes Scotus Eriugena, I. P. Sheldon-Williams (Translator)
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By Johannes Scotus Eriugena, I. P. Sheldon-Williams (Translator)
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Called the “final achievement” of ancient philosophy, Periphyseon draws on knowledge of both the Greek and Latin Christian theological traditions, remarkable in the Carolingian world. It presents a Neoplatonic cosmology in the form of a catechetical dialogue between master and pupil covering the fourfold division of nature, in which all of reality is involved in a procession from and return to the One.

Periphyseon was written by Johannes Scotus Eriugena (ca. 810–ca. 877), an Irish monk, tran...