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The blessed '''John Duns Scotus''', was one of the most important [[theology|theologians]] and [[philosopher | philosophers]] of the High [[Middle Ages]] (the others being [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[William_of_Ockham|Ockham]] and [[Bonaventura]].  He was nicknamed ''Doctor Subtilis'' for his penetrating and subtle manner of thought.
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The blessed '''John Duns Scotus''', was one of the most important [[theology|theologians]] and [[philosopher | philosophers]] of the High [[Middle Ages]] (the others being [[Thomas Aquinas]], [[William of Ockham]] and [[Bonaventura]].  He was nicknamed ''Doctor Subtilis'' for his penetrating and subtle manner of thought.
  
 
Scotus has had considerable influence on [[Roman Catholic]] thought. The doctrines for which he is best known are the [[univocity of being]] (existence is the most abstract concept we have, applicable to everything that exists), the [[formal distinction]], a way of distinguishing between different aspects of the same thing, and the idea of [[haecceity]], a property supposed to be in each individual thing that makes it an individual.  Scotus also developed a complex argument for the [[Existence of God | existence of God]], and argued for the [[Immaculate conception]] of [[Mary]].
 
Scotus has had considerable influence on [[Roman Catholic]] thought. The doctrines for which he is best known are the [[univocity of being]] (existence is the most abstract concept we have, applicable to everything that exists), the [[formal distinction]], a way of distinguishing between different aspects of the same thing, and the idea of [[haecceity]], a property supposed to be in each individual thing that makes it an individual.  Scotus also developed a complex argument for the [[Existence of God | existence of God]], and argued for the [[Immaculate conception]] of [[Mary]].

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John Duns Scotus
'Dunce'
Born [[Birth Date:=1265|1265]]
England
Died [[Death Date:=1308|1308]]
[[Death_City:=Cologne|Cologne]], Germany
unknown
Occupation Philosopher
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The blessed John Duns Scotus, was one of the most important theologians and philosophers of the High Middle Ages (the others being Thomas Aquinas, William of Ockham and Bonaventura. He was nicknamed Doctor Subtilis for his penetrating and subtle manner of thought.

Scotus has had considerable influence on Roman Catholic thought. The doctrines for which he is best known are the univocity of being (existence is the most abstract concept we have, applicable to everything that exists), the formal distinction, a way of distinguishing between different aspects of the same thing, and the idea of haecceity, a property supposed to be in each individual thing that makes it an individual. Scotus also developed a complex argument for the existence of God, and argued for the Immaculate conception of Mary.

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This philosopher has 18 pages in the Blackwell Companion.