“Synthesizing as it does the philosophical accomplishments of fifteen centuries, this book appears as the final achievement of ancient philosophy.”

—  John Scotus Eriugena

George Bosworth Burch Early Medieval Philosophy (New York: King’s Crown Press, 1951) p. 5.

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