Definition of Duns scotus

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

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

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Literary usage of 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. History of Philosophy by William Turner (1903)
"CHAPTER XLI JOHN duns scotus Life. John duns scotus, Doctor Subtilis ... in a Life prefixed to the works of duns scotus, gives Ireland as the birthplace of ..."

3. Eucharistic Presence and Conversion in Late Thirteenth-Century Franciscan by David Burr (2007)
"THE FRANCISCAN CRITIQUE: JOHN duns scotus The chronology of John duns scotus's career ... See the introduction to John duns scotus, Cod and Creatures, ed. ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... professor ol theology and philosophy in the University of Angers, where he enjoyed great reputation as an expounder of the teaching of John duns scotus. ..."

5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"duns scotus, JOHN, one of the foremost of the schoolmen, was born in the latter half of the 13th century. The year and place of his birth are both uncertain ..."

6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"The authority of Thomas Aquinas was first definitely contested by duns scotus (d. 1308), who taught the absolute preservation of Mary from original sin as ..."

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