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
Of course, such people know nothing of the intense exactness of thought of St. Thomas or Albertus Magnus or Duns Scotus.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
“Duns” or “Dunsman” was a name early applied by their opponents to the followers of Duns Scotus, the Scotists, and hence was equivalent to one devoted to sophistical distinctions and subtleties.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
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