Duns Scotus
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noun
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The brutish and influential work of Georg Baselitz and Sigmar Polke thrums in works like "Duns Scotus," named for a medieval philospher who insisted that existence is pure abstraction.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 22, 2015
It was with Duns Scotus in the fourteenth century that the idea of the incarnation taking place even without the Fall achieved a definitive form as a theological opinion.
From Forbes • May 20, 2012
Philosopher Ross contends that this interesting argument was stated more successfully in the 13th century by his hero, Duns Scotus.
From Time Magazine Archive
The necessity must have been pressing, for in 1308 he sent to their assistance the greatest schoolman of the Order, Duns Scotus.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
In opposition to Aquinas, who maintained that reason and revelation were two independent sources of knowledge, Duns Scotus held that there was no true knowledge of anything knowable apart from theology as based upon revelation.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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