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Duns Scotus

American  
[duhnz skoh-tuhs] / dʌnz ˈskoʊ təs /

noun

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


Duns Scotus British  
/ ˈdʌnz ˈskɒtəs /

noun

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

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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 fight between Abelard and Roscelet and that between the two of them and Duns Scotus ought to be taken up again.

From Morals and the Evolution of Man by Nordau, Max Simon

Thomas’s great rival, Duns Scotus, does this to a large extent, at times affirming “two truths.”

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various

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