Definition of John Duns Scotus

1. Noun. Scottish theologian who was very influential in the Middle Ages (1265-1308).

Exact synonyms: Duns Scotus
Generic synonyms: Theologian, Theologiser, Theologist, Theologizer

Lexicographical Neighbors of John Duns Scotus

John Dalton
John Davis
John Davison Rockefeller
John Davys
John Deere
John Dewey
John Doe
John Does
John Donald Budge
John Donne
John Dory
John Dowland
John Drew
John Dryden
John Duns Scotus (current term)
John Eccles
John Edgar Hoover
John Edward Masefield
John Endecott
John Endicott
John Ernst Steinbeck
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
John Fletcher
John Florio
John Ford
John Foster Dulles
John Galbraith
John Galsworthy
John Glenn

Literary usage of John Duns Scotus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"By adopting the first three of these positions, John Duns Scotus paved the way for the acceptance of the fourth and thus assisted in the overthrow of the ..."

2. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"By adopting the first three of these positions, John Duns Scotus paved the way for the acceptance of the fourth and thus assisted in the overthrow of the ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"His chief works are: "Expositio in IV Sententiarum Libros", a compilation based on the teachings of John Duns Scotus, published first at Rouen without date ..."

4. History of Philosophy by William Turner (1903)
"CHAPTER XLI John Duns Scotus Life. John Duns Scotus, Doctor Subtilis, the most gifted opponent of Thomism, rises above the plane of mere controversialists ..."

5. Eucharistic Presence and Conversion in Late Thirteenth-Century Franciscan by David Burr (1984)
"3 Charles Balie, "The Life and Works of John Duns Scotus," lOf. ... See the introduction to John Duns Scotus, Cod and Creatures, ed. ..."

6. A Typographical Gazetteer by Henry Cotton (1831)
"The earliest specimen of Vicenza typography is an edition of John Duns Scotus on the Sentences, executed by Joannes de Reno in 1473. ..."

7. A History of the University of Oxford from the Earliest Times to the Year 1530 by Henry Churchill Maxwell Lyte (1886)
"... Dominicans—Controversy between the University and the Dominicans—The Thomist Philosophy—John Duns Scotus—Value of Logic—Realists and Nominalists—William ..."

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