Duns Scotus

Definition: Duns Scotus

Duns Scotus

Noun

1. Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308).

Specialty Definition: Duns Scotus

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Literature	Duns Scotus A schoolman, called Duns from Dunce in Berwickshire. (1265 - 1308.) Not John Scotus, Erigena, the schoolman, who died A.D. 875. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Duns Scotus

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John Duns Scotus (c. 1266 - November 8, 1308) was a theologian and philosopher.

He was born in Duns, Scotland. Ordained a priest in Northampton, England, he studied and taught at Oxford and Paris and probably also at Cambridge. Finally, he came to Cologne in 1307.

He was one of the most important Franciscan theologians and was the founder of Scotism, a special form of Scholasticism. He was known as Doctor Subtilis because of his subtle merging of differing views.

However later philosophers were not so complimentary about his work and the modern word dunce comes from the name "Dunse" given to his followers.

He died in Cologne and is buried in the Church of the Minorites in Cologne. His sarcophagus bears the Latin inscription: "Scotia me genuit. Anglia me suscepit. Gallia me docuit. Colonia me tenet." ("Scotland brought me forth. England sustained me. France taught me. Cologne holds me.")

Works

Opus Pariense (Paris Lectures)
Opus Oxiense (Oxford Lectures)
Tractatus de Primo Principio
Quaestiones Quodlibetales

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Synonym: Duns Scotus

Synonym: John Duns Scotus (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Duns Scotus

English words defined with "Duns Scotus": Scotist. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Duns Scotus": Adoption Controversy ♦ Franciscans ♦ Scotists, Subtle Doctor. (references)

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Commercial Usage: Duns Scotus

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Books	Duns Scotus (Great Medieval Thinkers) (reference) Duns Scotus on Divine Love: Texts and Commentary on Goodness and Freedom, God and Humans (reference) Duns Scotus on the Will and Morality (reference) Five Texts on the Mediaeval Problem of Universals: Porphyry, Boethius, Abelard, Duns Scotus, Ockham (reference) Questions on the Metaphysics of Aristotle by John Duns Scotus (Text Series, Number 19, Volume 2) (reference) (more book examples)
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Photo Album: Duns Scotus

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	Johannes Duns Scotus : Doctor Subtilis. / Engraving by Faber. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
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Expression: Duns Scotus

Expression using "Duns Scotus": John Duns Scotus. Additional references.
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Anagrams: Duns Scotus

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