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John Scotus

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John Scotus: see Duns Scotus, John Duns Scotus, John [Lat. Scotus=Irishman or Scot], c.1266–1308, scholastic philosopher and theologian, called the Subtle Doctor. A native of Scotland, he became a Franciscan and taught at Oxford, Paris, and Cologne.
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; Erigena, John Scotus Erigena, John Scotus [Lat. Scotus=Irish, Erigena=born in Ireland], c.810–c.877, scholastic philosopher, born in Ireland. About 847 he was invited by Charles II, king of the West Franks (later Holy Roman emperor), to take charge of the court school
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Among the topics are John Scotus Eriugena and the uses of dialectic, Peter of Ireland and Aristotelianism in southern Italy, minor scholastics of Irish origin up to 1500, the contribution of Hugo Cavellus (d.
His works were translated from Greek into Latin by the 9thcentury Scholastic philosopher John Scotus Erigena.
The ninth-century Irish teacher John Scotus Eriugena said we suffer from an infection of soul, what he called a "leprosy" of soul.
 
 
 
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