Podcast: Much Ado About Nothing: Eriugena's Periphyseon

Eriugena delves into the Greek tradition to produce his masterpiece of metaphysics and theology, the Periphyseon.

198. Eriugena on Freedom

Further Reading

• Eriugena, Periphyseon (The Division of Nature), trans. I.-P. Sheldon-Williams and J.J. O’Meara (Montreal: 1987).

• D.F. Duclow, “Divine Nothingness and Self-Creation in John Scotus Eriugena,” Journal of Religion 57 (1977), 109-23.

• J. Marenbon, “John Scottus and the ‘Catagoriae Decem,’” in W. Beierwaltes (ed.), Eriugena: Studien zu seinen Quellen (Heidelberg: 1980).

• D. Moran, The Philosophy of John Scottus Eriugena: a Study of Idealism in the Middle Ages (Cambridge: 1989).

• D. Moran, “Idealism in Medieval Philosophy: The Case of Johannes Scottus Eriugena,” Medieval Philosophy and Theology 8 (1999), 53-82.

• J.J. O’Meara and L. Bieler (eds), The Mind of Eriugena (Dublin: 1973).

• W. Otten, “The Dialectic of the Return in Eriugena’s Periphyseon,” Harvard Theological Review 84 (1991), 399-421.

SOURCE: HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY NET

Book review: Porphyrian Problem(s) with Identity in Late Antiquity

Over at Marginalia, Todd Berzon has published a very interesting review of Aaron Johnson's recent monograph, Porphyry and the Limits of Hellenism, which promises to stir up plenty of conversation amongst students of Neoplatonism, early Christianity, and religion in Late Antiquity more generally. The second half of the review is particularly striking, for Berzon here asks if the singular focus on identity in study of Late Antiquity has jumped the shark. Read it here.

Source: Network for the study of Esotericism in Antiquity