Unfortunately because scholasticism has a somewhat unfortunate reputation for hair splitting, this important and interesting period of western philosophy is. Blessed john duns scotus was the franciscan friar who gave the theological explanation for the immaculate conception in the early 14th century. It was a sad blow to the development of western thought. Duns the scot, was a scottish catholic priest and franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher, and theologian. John duns scotus 1265668 was one of the most important and. Duns scotus and the recognition of divine liberality. He came out of the old franciscan school, to which haymo of faversham d.
Early in his career heidegger wrote his postdoctoral teaching qualification or habilitation, duns scotus theory of the categories and of meaning, on. Scotus theology johannes duns scotus, 1994, i returned to the sphere of philosophy to concentrate on. Scotus ordinatio is his revision of the lectures he gave as a bachelor at oxford, transcribed as the lectura. Peter king, in the cambridge companion to john duns scotus, edited by thomas williams, cambridge university. Proof of the existence of god university of kentucky. Duns scotus on signification 101 between sun and moon. Authorsduns scotusordinatioordinatio i the logic museum. St anselm, representing the later medieval consensus, argued that all sin was infinitely grevious because it is an. Duns scotus and the recognition of divine liberality university of.
John duns scotus is commonly known as doctor subtilis, the subtle doctor, in theological and philosophical circles. The motion picture tells the story of the life and teachings of duns scotus starting with his refusal to endorse a decree by the king of france against the pope and ending with the. John duns scotus franciscan institute publications. Michael della penna, ofm the crucified knight video provided fr. In his portrait of the artist as a young man, james joyce presents the aesthetics of thomas aquinas in. Scotus 126568, one of the brightest stars of medieval philosophy. In both versions of his commentary on the sentences.
This essay offers an attempt to explore the relation of duns scotus philosophy to modernity and post. The blessed john duns scotus library offers special lecture twice annually. As understood by scotus, a haecceity is not a bare particular in the sense of something underlying qualities. Pdf pdf duns scotus on the reality of selfchange, in selfmotion from aristotle to newton, edited by marylouise gill and jim lennox, princeton university press 1994, 227290. Christ is presented as the basis of all nature, grace and glory the most perfect model of humanity. Blessed john duns scotus library franciscan friars new. John duns scotus stanford encyclopedia of philosophy. First proposed by john duns scotus 12668, a haecceity is a nonqualitative property responsible for individuation and identity. Among the proofs he gives for the existence of god scotus makes no mention of the proof from motion.
His views had a profound influence on marian doctrine and devotion over the centuries, culminating in pius ixs dogmatic proclamation of. One of the subtle doctors rather contrarian contentions against the majority opinion of the medieval scholastic world was his insistence that sin was only finite in magnitude and gravity. Medieval theories of haecceity stanford encyclopedia of. Duns scotus, along with william ockham, is one of the finest scholastic philosophers of the medieval period. Peter king, in the cambridge companion to john duns scotus, edited by thomas williams, cambridge university press 2003, 1568. So, while my investigation is conducted with the fact of this turn in mind, my aim is to explore this element. The philosophy of john duns scotus edinburgh university. The philosophy of john duns scotus provides an epic overview of the life and works of this scottishborn philosopher. Whether it was necessary for man in this present state that some doctrine be supernaturally inspired.
May 12, 2016 this is by definition a work in progress. Selected writings on ethics includes extended discussionsand as far as possible, complete questionson divine and human freedom, the moral attributes of god, the relationship between will and intellect, moral and intellectual virtue, practical reasoning, charity, the metaphysics of goodness and rightness, the various acts. This fact is itself rather impressive given that, along with thomas aquinas and william of ockham, he is reckoned to be one of the most important philosophertheologians of the high middle ages of the eleventh to fourteenth centuries. It is, rather, a nonqualitative property of a substance or thing. Scotus studied philosophy and then theology at oxford beginning some time. The first part of this study is devoted to an exposition of a concept in scotus that i have. Nevertheless, we shall have something to celebrate in 2008. In order to help me with regular updates, i am requesting that lacunae be indicated to me by email, providing complete bibliographical information. This is a very complicated argument, with several main and subsidiary steps.
An ordinatio is a text that has been ordered or edited for publication. Heidegger and duns scotus article pdf available in kritike an online journal of philosophy 22. This strikes me as accidental, because i do not see how scotus could have had access to a clear form of the greek theory. Born at duns in the county of berwick, scotland, john was descended from a wealthy farming family. This title developed out of the clever and ingenious character of his lecturing. The first step is to show that something among beings is in act which is unqualifiedly first according to efficiency.
The philosophy of john duns scotus higher intellect. Every faithful catholicif they dont alreadyshould get to know john duns scotus, the th century franciscan whose brilliant flights to the heights of speculative theology earned him the nickname the subtle doctor. This small book offers, in a latinenglish editon, a contribution of john duns scotus to the theological discussion on mary the mother of god. The ordinatio of blessed john duns scotus prologue first part page 23 on the necessity of revealed doctrine single question. Review edwin rabbitte 1964 philosophical studies dublin. The initial revision was probably begun in the summer of 0 see the remarks in question 2 that apparently allude to the battle of homs in 1299, news of which probably reached oxford in the summer of 0. I make no pretensions to this page providing a systematic guide to scotist material that is available online. Details of his early life are not entirely clear, but he was probably born in duns in. A humble man, john duns scotus has been one of the most influential franciscans through the centuries. Noel muscat ofm blessed john duns scotus 126566 8 th november 8, besides being known as the subtle doctor.
Use the links above for the books oup page which includes a link to the complete table of contents, translations of other ethical texts that were not included in the oup volume, and some old papers of mine on the subject of scotuss ethics soon, i hope, to be. Scotus is therefore doublypositioned with respect to the heideggerian critique. He is one of the three most important philosophertheologians of western europe in the high middle ages, together with thomas aquinas. Duns scotus on mental content scotuss paris lectures. Vos has successfully combined his lifetime of dedicated study with the significant body of biographical literature, resulting in a unique look at the life and works of this philosopher theologian. The theology of john duns scotus philippe yates ofm the word which summarises duns scotus theology is christocentric. Duns scotus philosophical writings a selection edited and translated by allan wolter, o. Duns scotus scholar commons university of south carolina. Duns scotus on divine substance and the trinity 183 scotus adopts a theory that is much closer to that found in the greek fathers. Univocity in scotuss quaestiones super metaphysicam. John duns scotus, whose feast day is saturday, may have earned a permanent place in the pantheon of catholic theologians if for no other reason than the mark he left. After having uncovered the infrastructure of john duns. His is a theology which places christ at the centre of a universe ordered by love.
In this he differs from st thomas, for whom the proof from motion is, apparently, the proof. John duns scotus and the principle omne quod movetur ab alio movetur. John duns scotus suddenly died in cologne, in germanys rhineland, in 8, still a young professor of only fortytwo years of viii the philosophy of john duns scotus. Professor of philosophy at the franciscan institute st bonaventure. John duns scotus is the most impressive and influential british philosopher of whom most people have never heard.
He was a was a theologian, philosopher, and logician, and some say that it was while he was at oxford that the systematic examination of what differentiates theology from philosophy and science began in earnest. Duns scotus is considered one of the most important franciscan theologians and was the founder of scotism, a special form of scholasticism. Pdf common natures and metaphysics in john duns scotus. The libertarian foundations of scotuss moral philosophy, the thomist 62 1998. I engaged husserl and heidegger in a debate over the nature of. Blessed john duns scotus, latin given name joannes, byname doctor subtilis, born c. The warwick journal of philosophy, 18spring 2007, 129146. But there are some useful resources available that are not easily stumbled across, so i thought there might be some use to this collection of links. John duns scotus the possibility of the incarnation.
Scholastic realism, peirce, duns scotus, universals. Common natures and metaphysics in john duns scotus 557 trine of the common nature, is indeed the part of his thought which gets closer to the most daring endeavours of contemporary metaphysical. Scotus is interesting, then, not because he offers any startlingly new ideas about cognition, but. If i have omitted something especially useful, please let me know. I recently completed a volume of translations of scotuss work on ethics and moral psychology for oxford university press. Four things you need to know about john duns scotus. Tonner, p, duns scotus s concept of the univocity of being. Project muse john duns scotus four questions on mary.
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