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Reality’s journey from One to all, a forbidden Carolingian cosmology.

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    728 pages

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    17 December 2025

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Summary

Called the “final achievement” of ancient philosophy, Periphyseon draws on knowledge of both the Greek and Latin Christian theological traditions, remarkable in the Carolingian world. It presents a Neoplatonic cosmology in the form of a catechetical dialogue between master and pupil covering the fourfold division of nature, in which all of reality is involved in a procession from and return to the One.

Periphyseon was written by Johannes Scotus Eriugena (ca. 810-ca. …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780884024620
ISBN-10:0884024628
Author:I.P. Sheldon-Williams, Johannes Scotus Eriugena, John J. O’Meara
Publisher:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Imprint:Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:728
Release Date:17 December 2025
Weight:1.35kg
Dimensions:48mm x 155mm x 234mm
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About The Author

I.P. Sheldon-Williams

I. P. Sheldon-Williams was a scholar of the Christian Neoplatonic tradition and was editor of the critical edition of the Periphyseon in the Scriptores Latini Hiberniae series.

John J. O’Meara was Professor of Latin at University College Dublin from 1948 to 1984 and founder of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies in 1970.

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