The final condemnation of the Periphyseon compromised its commentary potential and steady historical reception as well as restricted the stature and influence of its author in high scholasticism. Eriugena 1996-2003), in which an enigmatic speculative philosophy was developed based on both the Greek and Latin patristic and philosophical traditions and which could be regarded as a sophisticated philosophical interchange between the Medieval West and East, was condemned as heretical in 1050, 1059, 1210 and finally in 1225, as a precursor to the infamous Paris condemnations of 1277. John Scottus Eriugena's (815-877) magistral five-volume dialogue Periphyseon (written between 864 and 866 cf. More than three centuries after it was written, the primary text of the only speculative Western philosopher from the Carolingian period in Medieval philosophy met a cruel fate. Keywords: John Scottus Eriugena (815-877) a companion to John Scottus Eriugena Adrian Guiu Edouard Jeauneau Willemien Otten John O'Meara Periphyseon Society for the Promotion of Eriugena Studies SPES Inglis Sheldon-Williams. The article is descriptive and analytical in its presentation of the relevant history of ideas and synthetical in its attempt to coherently integrate the most recent secondary texts on the relevant philosophical themes in Eriugena research.ĬONTRIBUTION: The article contributes to the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies' 50-year jubileum by summarising its conference outputs over the past five decades in an extensive overview as well as connecting its work to A Companion to John Scottus Eriugena (Brill, Leiden, 2020), thereby furthering the society's efforts and specialist research outputs to a broader, non-specialised readership After a brief introduction to the thought of John Scottus Eriugena (815-877), with emphasis on his primary text (in five volumes), Periphyseon, written between 864 and 866 and condemned as heretical in 1050, 1059, 1210 and finally in 1225, the development of SPES over the past five decades is surveyed in detail and connected to an outstanding work published in the Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition series in Leiden (2020), under the editorship of Adrian Guiu (A Companion to John Scottus Eriugena). This article charters the history and work of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies (SPES), which celebrated its 50-year jubileum in 2020. IICenter for the History of Philosophy and Science, Faculty of Philosophy, Theology and Religious Studies, Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands IDepartment of Philosophy and Classics, Faculty of Humanities, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa The 50-year jubileum of the Society for the Promotion of Eriugenian Studies in the John Scottus Eriugena (815-877) research, 1970-2020
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