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Duns Scotus

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Duns Sco·tus  (dnz skts), John Known as "the Subtle Doctor." 1265?-1308.
Scottish Franciscan friar, philosopher, and theologian whose commentary on Lombard's Sentences challenged influential doctrines of Aquinas, including his optimistic view of reason's ability to attain truth about the divine.
Duns Scotus [ˈdʌnz ˈskɒtəs]
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(Biographies / Duns Scotus, John (?1265-1308) M, Scottish, RELIGION: theologian, RELIGION: clergyman) John. ?1265-1308, Scottish scholastic theologian and Franciscan priest: opposed the theology of St. Thomas Aquinas See also Scotism
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Noun1.Duns Scotus - Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308)
John Duns Scotus


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I have read Ockham, Bradwardine, and other of the schoolmen, together with the learned Duns Scotus and the book of the holy Aquinas.
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