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A mediaevalist trying to be a philosopher and a philosopher trying to be a mediaevalist write about theology, philosophy, scholarship, books, the middle ages, and especially the life, times, and thought of the Doctor Subtilis, the Blessed John Duns Scotus.

Monday, November 8, 2021

Festum Scoti

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 Happy Feast everyone!
Sunday, September 26, 2021

Francis of Meyronnes early defense of the univocity of being

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Francis of Meyronnes is probably the most influential and important Scotist of the fourteenth century. His many works survive in hundreds of...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

The Poetics of the Equivocity of Being

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 Here are some poetical remarks on the equivocity of being by William Desmond. Enjoy! Desmond, Being and the Between , 87 The war of philoso...
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021

William Desmond, Being and the Between

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 The title above is a book I have been reading lately. usually I will be excited for a month with a new acquisition and then the taedium set...
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Saturday, June 19, 2021

Byzantine Univocity

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 I recently came across an essay on univocity among the Byzantine theologians that might be of interest to our readers. Essay is here . John...
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Sunday, June 6, 2021

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  Here is a recent post about Scotus, with many interesting reflections and reminiscences of the particular writers experiences in grad scho...
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Thursday, January 7, 2021

Was Scotus Irish?

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Recently I was sent a discussion about the national origins of Duns Scotus. It is here . There was a big controversy about this among the 17...
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Thursday, December 24, 2020

Mayronis on the Analogy of Being

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 Just in time for Christmas I have uploaded a fresh collation of Mayronis' Conflatus q. 12, the question on analogy, to the Digital Conf...
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Wednesday, December 23, 2020

Latin Help from Robert Pasnau

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 Bob Pasnau reviews a book aimed at helping people move from reading classical Latin to Medieval Latin, and adds some helpful discussion o...
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New Book on the Analogia entis

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 Several Italian scholars have put together an anthology of texts, available for free here . It has the original language plus Italian trans...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2020

New Scotus essay

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 Scotus seems to be in danger of becoming more mainstream. I came across the announcement of a forthcoming article in the American Catholic ...
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Sunday, November 8, 2020

Feast of Scotus 2020

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 Happy feast dear readers! Here is a link to a terrible song about Scotus for your entertainment. well, they tried at least.  Here's an ...
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Sunday, October 25, 2020

Alexander Lugo's Metaphysical Controversies

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While perusing various Scotus-related google search results, I came across an interesting volume. The Latin title is Controversiae metaphysi...
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Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Reading Proclus open-access

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 Two volumes of a projected three on Proclus edited by Dragos Calma (Dublin) are now available: Reading Proclus and the Book of Causes : vol...
Friday, October 16, 2020

Conference on Scotus' Quodlibet

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 It's a Zoom conference, so anyone from any continent can attend!
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