John Scotus Eriugena Quotes on God
John Scotus Eriugena was an Irish theologian and Neoplatonist philosopher active at the court of the Carolingian king Charles the Bald. This page collects quotes attributed to John Scotus Eriugena on the topic of god, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to John Scotus Eriugena:
“We do not know what God is. God himself does not know what he is because he is not anything.”
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Attributed to John Scotus Eriugena:
“Every visible and invisible creature is a theophany, a manifestation of God.”
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Attributed to John Scotus Eriugena:
“True philosophy is true religion, and true religion is true philosophy.”
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Attributed to John Scotus Eriugena:
“No one enters heaven except through philosophy.”