A Comparative Study of Religious Language in Plotinus and Eriugena

Philosophers, based on their philosophical foundations and their concept of God, have proposed different ways of speaking about God, some of which are positive, negative, Super-Affirmation, and sometimes a combination of negative and positive. Plato, whose method is known as negative theology, also uses analogy to express his meaning. Influenced by his predecessors, John Scott Eriugena chose an eclectic approach to the negative approach with a dialectical approach, and our task is to make a comparative study of the method chosen by Plotinus and Eriugena according to their foundations. With the questions of whether the Indo method can overlap and be reduced to one method or whether the two methods are different and reach different results? Plato's method is negative-detailed, But he uses metaphors to express his purpose. The Eriugena method is also a Super-Affirmation approach obtained from negative-positive coordination. In some cases, Plotinus and Eriugena overlap in their transcendent and Super-Affirmation conception of negative theology and adopt their method of using metaphors and analogies. The positive method in Plotinus carries a negative meaning and the Platonic analogy gives a cognition of "one" to man, but in Eriugena, the positive method finds a metaphorical meaning and is a veil for God.