Duns Scotus

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Catholic theologian Franciscan friar Scholastic philosopher human medieval philosopher philosopher theologian

Duns Scotus was a medieval Franciscan theologian and philosopher known for his subtle metaphysical thought and for formulating a key defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.

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Label	Occurrences
John Duns Scotus	21
Duns Scotus canonical	12

Statements (63)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Catholic theologian ⓘ Franciscan friar ⓘ Scholastic philosopher ⓘ human ⓘ medieval philosopher ⓘ philosopher ⓘ theologian ⓘ
beatificationDate	1993-03-20 ⓘ
beatifiedBy	Pope John Paul II ⓘ
birthDate	circa 1266 ⓘ
birthPlace	Duns, Berwickshire (traditional attribution) ⓘ Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace	Minoritenkirche, Cologne ⓘ
canonizationStatus	beatified ⓘ
citizenship	Kingdom of Scotland ⓘ
deathDate	1308-11-08 ⓘ
deathPlace	Cologne ⓘ Holy Roman Empire ⓘ
doctrine	formal distinction ⓘ haecceity (thisness) ⓘ univocity of being ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Oxford ⓘ Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ surface form: University of Paris
employer	University of Cologne ⓘ University of Oxford ⓘ Panthéon-Sorbonne University ⓘ surface form: University of Paris
era	High Middle Ages ⓘ Scholastic theology ⓘ surface form: Scholasticism
fieldOfWork	ethics ⓘ logic ⓘ metaphysics ⓘ philosophy of language ⓘ philosophy of religion ⓘ theology ⓘ
honorificTitle	Doctor Subtilis ⓘ
influenced	Franciscan School ⓘ Francisco Suárez ⓘ late medieval scholasticism ⓘ modern metaphysics ⓘ
influencedBy	Aristotle ⓘ Augustine of Hippo ⓘ Bonaventure ⓘ St. Thomas Aquinas ⓘ surface form: Thomas Aquinas
knownFor	defense of the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception ⓘ doctrine of the univocity of being ⓘ formal distinction (distinctio formalis) ⓘ subtle metaphysical analysis ⓘ theory of haecceity ⓘ voluntarism in ethics ⓘ
languageOfWork	Latin ⓘ
name	Duns Scotus self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: John Duns Scotus
notableWork	Ordinatio ⓘ Quaestiones in Metaphysicam Aristotelis ⓘ Quaestiones quodlibetales ⓘ Reportatio Parisiensis ⓘ
philosophicalSchool	Scotism ⓘ
positionOnImmaculateConception	argued that Mary was preserved from original sin from the first instant of her conception ⓘ
regionOfActivity	England ⓘ France ⓘ Germany ⓘ
religion	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
religiousOrder	Franciscan Order ⓘ surface form: Order of Friars Minor
viewOnWill	emphasized primacy of the will over the intellect ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Immaculate Conception → influencedByTheologian → Duns Scotus ⓘ

Anselm of Canterbury → influenced → Duns Scotus ⓘ

Francisco Suárez → influencedBy → Duns Scotus ⓘ

Duns Scotus → name → Duns Scotus self-linksurface differs ⓘ