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. Scotuss doctrine of the absolute centrality of love is both timely and profoundly needed by our world. Project muse the notion of univocity in duns scotuss early. Pdf common natures and metaphysics in john duns scotus. Duns scotus and the recognition of divine liberality university of. Blessed scotus was born in scotland sometime between late 1265 and early 1266.
Early in his career heidegger wrote his postdoctoral teaching qualification or habilitation, duns scotus theory of the categories and of meaning, on. Blessed john duns scotus franciscans of the prairie. John duns scotus the possibility of the incarnation. Le theologien et philosophe franciscain jean duns scot est generalement presente. At the start i locate the plin ciple in the first question of john duns scotuss prologue to his ordinatio, and. Veldhuis, ordained and absolute power in scotus ordinatio i. Professor of philosophy at the franciscan institute st bonaventure. The ordinatio of blessed john duns scotus book two. Controversy between philosophers and theologians num.
Duns scotus scholar commons university of south carolina. 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. Duns scotus on divine substance and the trinity 183 scotus adopts a theory that is much closer to that found in the greek fathers. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content the notion of univocity in duns scotus s early works of all the philosophical innovations for which john duns scotus has been acclaimed, surely the most celebrated is his notion of the univocity of the transcendental concepts, the primary and most important of which was the concept of being. The minimum canonical age for receiving holy orders is 25 and it is generally assumed that he would have been ordained as soon as it was permitted. In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content the notion of univocity in duns scotuss early works of all the philosophical innovations for which john duns scotus has been acclaimed, surely the most celebrated is his notion of the univocity of the transcendental concepts, the primary and most important of which was the concept of being. So, he turned to our lady in prayer, begging her to open his mind. The two most important concepts in duns scotuss 126568 theology of the atonement are satisfaction and merit. Authorsduns scotusordinatioordinatio i the logic museum. 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. I make no pretensions to this page providing a systematic guide to scotist material that is available online. Duns scotus on the will and morality, selected and. And as is usual in these matters, everyone wants a piece of the successful person.
Duns scotus is considered one of the most important franciscan theologians and was the founder of scotism, a special form of scholasticism. Unfortunately because scholasticism has a somewhat unfortunate reputation for hair splitting, this important and interesting period of western philosophy is. John duns scotus 1265668 was one of the most important and influential philosophertheologians of the high middle ages. When someone utters a proposition, the proposition is not necessarily accompanied by its significate, since a proposition can express something that is not the case, no longer the case, or not yet the case. Scotus s voluntarism, which includes the claim that nearly all of gods relations with the created order are contingent. The first step is to show that something among beings is in act which is unqualifiedly first according to efficiency. Duns scotus and the recognition of divine liberality william a frank the first part of this study is devoted to an exposition of a concept in scotus that i have called natures fitting insufficiency. Well, maybe it is not medieval, but it is the inscription on his tomb since 1870. After having uncovered the infrastructure of john duns scotus theology johannes duns scotus, 1994, i returned to the sphere of philosophy to concentrate on the massive issue of duns scotus own philosophy. The subtle doctor, of realty the rarestveined unraveller i. In this question notes a, b and c 3 refer to the principle argument. Because mary must be a real mother, he rejects the aristotelian view that mothers are merely passive causes in reproduction. Scotus ordinatio is his revision of the lectures he gave as a bachelor at oxford, transcribed as the lectura. Whether it was necessary for man in this present state that some doctrine be supernaturally inspired.
As a boy, blessed scotus wanted to study and immerse himself in the truths of the faith, but his mind was such that he understood little or nothing. Scotus estimate of the female gender is shaped by his view that mary is preeminent among merely human saints. Born at duns in the county of berwick, scotland, john was descended from a wealthy farming family. His brilliantly complex and nuanced thought, which earned him the nickname the subtle doctor, left a mark on discussions of such disparate topics as the semantics of religious language, the problem of universals, divine illumination, and the nature of human. Pdf this study will examine the ontological dependency between the thinking act of the intellect and the intelligibility of the objects of thought. The ordinatio of blessed john duns scotus prologue first part on the necessity of revealed doctrine single question. The theology of john duns scotus philippe yates ofm the word which summarises duns scotus theology is christocentric. Duns scotus and the recognition of divine liberality. Scotuss voluntarism, which includes the claim that nearly all of gods relations with the created order are contingent. If i have omitted something especially useful, please let me know. Duns scotus received the religious habit of the friars minor at dumfries, where his uncle, elias duns, was guardian. Duns scotuss age is based on the first certain date for his life, that of his ordination to the priesthood at st andrews, northampton, england on 17 march 1291.
Allan wolter duns scotus on intuition, memory and our knowledge of individuals, in the philosophical theology of john duns scotus, ed. A humble man, john duns scotus has been one of the most influential franciscans through the centuries. John duns scotus is commonly known as doctor subtilis, the subtle doctor, in theological and philosophical circles. Voir en dernier lieu, john duns scotus, political and economic. Scotus 126568, one of the brightest stars of medieval philosophy. Duns scotus ordinatio pdf john duns scotus 66 was one of the most important and the ordinatio, which scotus seems to have been revising up to his. The two most important concepts in duns scotus s 126568 theology of the atonement are satisfaction and merit. We must, therefore, see duns scotus as a scotsman, who in his day was a true european.
Wolters critically acclaimed book inspired much of the inquiry, and today it remains the standard source on scotus moral philosophy. Duns scotus philosophical writings a selection edited and translated by allan wolter, o. Le possible absolu et le possible ordonne chez jean duns scot. The foundations of duns scotus theory of individuation. He came out of the old franciscan school, to which haymo of faversham d. His is a theology which places christ at the centre of a universe ordered by love. John duns scotus 1265668 was one of the most important and. Of his antecedents and life very little is definitely known, as the contemporary sources are silent about him. Duns scotus, along with william ockham, is one of the finest scholastic philosophers of the medieval period.
John duns scot 1265 8 anglais jean duns scot 12658 francais giovanni duns scoto. 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. The ordinatio of blessed john duns scotus prologue first part page 23 on the necessity of revealed doctrine single question. So, while my investigation is conducted with the fact of this turn in mind, my aim is to explore this element. From the logic museum duns scotus on signification 101 between sun and moon. Duns scotus, writes father gemelli, conceived the universe in the form of a gigantic pyramid, built up of every kind of genera and species, rising upward by degrees, the lower stages united in their most noble part to the higher. Unfortunately because scholasticism has a somewhat unfortunate reputation for hair splitting, this important and interesting period of western philosophy is often neglected in university studies of philosophy. The divine nature and scotuss libertarianism a reply to mary beth ingham in her recent paper, letting scotus speak for himself,1 mary beth ingham criticizes the reading of scotuss moral theory that i put forward in the unmitigated scotus and some earlier articles.
The ordinatio of blessed john duns scotus translated by peter l p simpson from the vatican critical edition of the latin text edited by the scotus commission in rome and published by quarrachi. This is a very complicated argument, with several main and subsidiary steps. Christ is presented as the basis of all nature, grace and glory the most perfect model of humanity. Pdf duns scotus and the knowledge of the singular revisited. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive.
The theological doctrine of john duns scotus regarding the immaculate conception is found in volume xx of the lectura in librum tertium sententiarum, in the third distincio, first quaestio, which has the title utrum beata virgo fuerit concepta in peccato originali regarding whether the blessed virgin was conceived in original sin. Voluntarism, atonement, and duns scotus ward 2015 the. I underestimated somewhat the enormity of the task to clean up the research regarding john duns scotus life. Blessed john duns scotus was the franciscan friar who gave the theological explanation for the immaculate conception in the early 14th century. An ordinatio is a text that has been ordered or edited for publication. Just what these amount to and how they function in his theory are heavily conditioned by two more general commitments.
His brilliantly complex and nuanced thought, which earned him the nickname the subtle doctor, left a mark on discussions of such disparate topics as the semantics of religious language, the problem of universals. Peter king, in the cambridge companion to john duns scotus, edited by thomas williams, cambridge university press 2003, 1568. Since the original publication of duns scotus on the will and morality in 1986, there has been a remarkable growth of interest in the thought of this early fourteenthcentury franciscan master. This translation of the prologue of the ordinatio aka. Whether primary causality with respect to all causables is of necessity in the three persons num.