Значение слова ERIGENA в Литературной энциклопедии

or SCOTUS, JOHN (_fl._ 850).-Philosopher, _b._ in Scotland or Ireland, was employed at the Court of Charles the Bald, King of France. He was a pantheistic mystic, and made translations from the Alexandrian philosophers. He was bold in the exposition of his principles, and had both strength and subtlety of intellect. His chief work is _De Divisione Naturae_, a dialogue in which he places reason above authority.