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John Scotus Eriugena

810 - 877

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John Scotus Eriugena, also known as Johannes Scotus Erigena, John the Scot or John the Irish-born (c. 800 – c. 877), was an Irish Neoplatonist philosopher, theologian and poet of the Early Middle Ages. Bertrand Russell dubbed him "the most astonishing person of the ninth century". The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy states that he "is the most significant Irish intellectual of the early monastic period. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. John Scotus Eriugena is the 113th most popular philosopher (up from 200th in 2019), the 11th most popular biography from Ireland (up from 18th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Irish Philosopher.

John Scotus Eriugena is most famous for his work "Periphyseon" which is a commentary on the "Divine Names" of Pseudo-Dionysius.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 113 out of 1,267. Before him are Apollodorus of Athens, Jeremy Bentham, Antisthenes, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Emil Cioran, and Bodhidharma. After him are Gilles Deleuze, Meister Eckhart, Padmasambhava, Tertullian, William of Ockham, and Ibn Taymiyyah.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 810, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 2. Before him is Muhammad al-Bukhari. After him are Pope Benedict III, Abbas ibn Firnas, Kenneth MacAlpin, Kassia, Halfdan the Black, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, Hastein, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, and Eulogius of Córdoba. Among people deceased in 877, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 2. Before him is Charles the Bald. After him are Halfdan Ragnarsson, Ignatios of Constantinople, Causantín mac Cináeda, and Jayavarman III.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 11 out of 549. Before him are Robert Boyle (1627), Jonathan Swift (1667), Samuel Beckett (1906), George Berkeley (1685), Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener (1850), and Mary Harris Jones (1837). After him are Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Brigid of Kildare (451), Bram Stoker (1847), Edmund Burke (1729), Michael Gambon (1940), and Francis Bacon (1909).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In Ireland

Among philosophers born in Ireland, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 2. Before him are George Berkeley (1685). After him are G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), John Toland (1670), James Ussher (1581), William Thompson (1775), and Philip Pettit (1945).

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