The holy order: the Areopagite and Eriugena Seminar
Term:
Spring 2011
Subject Code:
GPHI
Course Number:
6647
According to Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite hierarchy is “a holy order, a
science and an operation”: in his work we find the elaboration of the notion of
a hierarchical order ontologically founded in the divine creation. This notion
has been translated into Latin philosophical terms by John Scottus Eriugena,
the most important point of mediation between Eastern and Western Medieval
Philosophy in the Early Middle Ages. In this seminar we will examine the way in
which Theology and Christian philosophy provided the field of elaboration of
the notion of hierarchy. Our discussion will draw on selected texts of
Ps.-Dionysius the Areopagite and John Scottus Eriugena.
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