Duns Scotus

Name: Duns Scotus
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ISBN: 9780195125535

ISBN-10: 0195125533

ISBN-13: 9780195125535

Edition: 1999

Authors: Richard Cross

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This is an accessible introduction to the life and thought of John Duns Scotus (c. 1266--1308), the scholastic philosopher and theologian who came to be called the Subtle Doctor. A native of Scotland (as his name implies), Scotus became a Franciscan and taught in Oxford, Paris, and Cologne. In his writings he put Aristotelian thought to the service of Christian theology and was the founder of a school of scholasticism called Scotism, which was often opposed to the Thomism of the followers of Thomas Aquinas. In particular, Scotus is well known for his defense of contra-causal free will and logical possibility and for his account of individuation in terms of "haecceity" or "thisness." Cross…

Book details

List price: $83.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 8.27" wide x 6.50" long x 0.78" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English




Duns Scotus, philosophy, and theology



God: existence, unicity, and simplicity



God: perfection, infinity, and religious language



God: knowledge and agency



God the Trinity



Humanity: body, soul, and immortality



Humanity: freedom, ethics, and sin



Humanity: predestination, merit, and grace



Jesus: God and man



Jesus: predestination and merit



Sacraments


Additional notes


Bibliography


Index locorum


General index