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Erigena, Johannes Scotus
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A rationalistic mystic, the most distinguished scholar and thinker of the 9th century, of Irish birth; taught at the court of Charles the Bald in France, and was summoned by Alfred to Oxford in 877; died abbot of Malmesbury; held that "damnation was simply the consciousness of having failed to fulfil the divine purpose"; he derived all authority from reason, and not reason from authority, maintaining that authority unfounded on reason was of no value; d . 882.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Erigena, Johannes Scotus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/erigena-johannes-scotus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Erigena, Johannes Scotus'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/e/erigena-johannes-scotus.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
