Periphyseon
The Division of Nature
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- Paperback
728 pages
- Release Date
17 December 2025
Summary
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. …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780884024620 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0884024628 |
| Author: | I.P. Sheldon-Williams, Johannes Scotus Eriugena, John J. O’Meara |
| Publisher: | Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection |
| Imprint: | Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 728 |
| Release Date: | 17 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.35kg |
| Dimensions: | 48mm x 155mm x 234mm |
I.P. Sheldon-Williams
I. P. Sheldon-Williams was a scholar of the Christian Neoplatonic tradition and was editor of the critical edition of the Periphyseon in the Scriptores Latini Hiberniae series.
John J. O’Meara was Professor of Latin at University College Dublin from 1948 to 1984 and founder of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies in 1970.
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