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Duns Scotus

[ duhnz skoh-tuhs ]

noun

  1. John Doctor Subtilis, 1265?–1308, Scottish scholastic theologian.


Duns Scotus

/ ˈdʌnz ˈskɒtəs /

noun

  1. Duns ScotusJohn?12651308MScottishRELIGION: theologianRELIGION: clergyman John. ?1265–1308, Scottish scholastic theologian and Franciscan priest: opposed the theology of St Thomas Aquinas See also Scotism


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In discussing Duns Scotus, I have given less from his writings than has been my wont with other philosophers.

"Ego autem redeo ad sententiam Avicembronis," is a formula in Duns Scotus's discussion of the principle of matter.

It is against this part of his doctrines that the most important criticism, in ethics, of his Duns Scotus.

Already the British schoolman, Duns Scotus, asked, 'whether it was impossible for matter to think?'

Neither traditionalism nor the theological positivism of Duns Scotus sufficed for it; it sought to rationalize itself.

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