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

Example Sentences

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

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

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

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

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

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