PHILOSOPHER

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". Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Scotus Eriugena has received more than 426,652 page views. His biography is available in 49 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 50 in 2019). John Scotus Eriugena is the 200th most popular philosopher (down from 191st in 2019), the 18th most popular biography from Ireland (down from 16th 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 200 out of 1,267. Before him are Slavoj Žižek, Diotima of Mantinea, Solomon ibn Gabirol, Melissus of Samos, Muhammad Abduh, and Adam Weishaupt. After him are Hasan al-Basri, Marshall McLuhan, Étienne Bonnot de Condillac, Paulo Freire, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, and Jean-François Lyotard.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 810, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 4. Before him are Muhammad al-Bukhari, Abbas ibn Firnas, and Pope Benedict III. After him are Kenneth MacAlpin, Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Kathir al-Farghani, Halfdan the Black, Kassia, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang, García Íñiguez of Pamplona, Hastein, and Eberhard of Friuli. Among people deceased in 877, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 3. Before him are Charles the Bald, and Halfdan Ragnarsson. After him are Causantín mac Cináeda, Ignatios of Constantinople, and Jayavarman III.

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In Ireland

Among people born in Ireland, John Scotus Eriugena ranks 18 out of 549. Before him are Edmund Burke (1729), Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819), Pierce Brosnan (1953), Richard Harris (1930), William Rowan Hamilton (1805), and Anne Bonny (1702). After him are W. B. Yeats (1865), Columbanus (540), Michael D. Higgins (1941), Laurence Sterne (1713), Enya (1961), and Lola Montez (1821).

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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 James Ussher (1581), John Toland (1670), G. E. M. Anscombe (1919), William Thompson (1775), and Philip Pettit (1945).

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