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Duns Scotus

1265 - 1308

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John Duns Scotus ( SKOH-təs; Ecclesiastical Latin: [duns ˈskɔtus], "Duns the Scot"; c. 1265/66 – 8 November 1308) was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher and theologian. He is considered one of the four most important Christian philosopher-theologians of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages, together with Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure and William of Ockham. Duns Scotus has had considerable influence on both Catholic and secular thought. The doctrines for which he is best known are the "univocity of being", that existence is the most abstract concept we have, applicable to everything that exists; the formal distinction, a way of distinguishing between different formalities of the same thing; and the idea of haecceity, the property supposed to be in each individual thing that makes it an individual (i.e. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Duns Scotus is the 140th most popular philosopher (down from 137th in 2019), the 239th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 171st in 2019) and the 12th most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Duns Scotus ranks 140 out of 1,267. Before him are Martin Buber, Zygmunt Bauman, Giambattista Vico, Tommaso Campanella, Philo, and Charles Fourier. After him are Baron d'Holbach, Mozi, Kanada, Wilhelm Dilthey, Edith Stein, and Chrysippus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1265, Duns Scotus ranks 3. Before him are Dante Alighieri, and Temür Khan. After him are Beatrice Portinari, Andrew III of Hungary, Alfonso III of Aragon, Henry of Bohemia, Emperor Fushimi, Ramon Muntaner, Otto III, Duke of Carinthia, Lucia, Countess of Tripoli, and María de Molina. Among people deceased in 1308, Duns Scotus ranks 2. Before him is Albert I of Germany. After him are Mesud II, Emperor Go-Nijō, Chungnyeol of Goryeo, George I of Bulgaria, Otto IV, Margrave of Brandenburg-Stendal, Clare of Montefalco, Henry I, Landgrave of Hesse, Herman, Margrave of Brandenburg-Salzwedel, Hayton of Corycus, and Margaret of Burgundy, Queen of Sicily.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Duns Scotus ranks 239 out of 8,785. Before him are John Wycliffe (1324), Brian May (1947), Sting (1951), Robert Owen (1771), Clementine Churchill (1885), and Stuart Sutcliffe (1940). After him are J. K. Rowling (1965), James Mason (1909), Bobby Charlton (1937), Boudica (33), Mary Wollstonecraft (1759), and Cyril Norman Hinshelwood (1897).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Duns Scotus ranks 12. Before him are Herbert Spencer (1820), Roger Bacon (1220), Jeremy Bentham (1748), William of Ockham (1285), Joseph Priestley (1733), and John Wycliffe (1324). After him are John Venn (1834), Thomas Reid (1710), Pelagius (360), Thomas Carlyle (1795), William Godwin (1756), and Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855).

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