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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.

Friday, September 28, 2012

Ockham the Scotist?

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Ockham begins his Ordinatio with a three hundred seventy page epistemological Prologue, a precedent established in Henry's Summa . The ...
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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Beatification of a Scotist Theologian

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Details Here .
Monday, September 24, 2012

Yet Another Review of Brad Gregory

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Here . This one is devestating.  Some snippets. BUT IF YOU DON'T buy that story, Gregory has another. This one, which has little to ...
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Saturday, September 22, 2012

Scotus on the Divine Intellect and Cognition

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Edward Feser has a recent post about the divine intellect here, the comments in the combox of which has inspired me to supplement the A-T v...
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Aertsen on Peter Thomae's De ente

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From his giant new tome, Medieval Philosophy as Transcendental Thought (756 pp.), 468-9: Peter's work De ente is the most extensive...
Thursday, August 16, 2012

Duns Scotus and the Brockie Forgeries

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What follows are some brief thoughts on the volume I linked to earlier, Blessed John Duns Scotus: Marian Doctor by Fr. Stefano Manelli, FI...
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Friday, August 10, 2012

Durandus Edition

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A volume of the new Durandus de Sancto Porciano edition has been published, containing distinctions 1-5 of Book II. It retains for the surp...
Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Two Arguments for the Formal Distinction in divinis

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In the midst of a discussion about whether generation and spiration are distinct or not, Scotus lodges an objection against his position suc...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012

New Book on Scotus

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New from Ignatius Press : Blessed John Duns Scotus, Marian Doctor. Fr. Stephano Manelli The famous Franciscan theologian, Bl. John ...

New Site on the Primacy of Christ

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Here's a new website on Scotus and other Franciscan teachings regarding the primacy of Christ. Be sure to check it out: Absolute Prima...
Friday, July 13, 2012

Number and Existence

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I haven't posted much lately, because I've been studying a lot of things unrelated to Scotus and I'm always uncertain how far af...
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Thursday, July 5, 2012

On the Use of Scholasticism

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Well before de Lubac and Nouvelle Theologie, a Dominican Master of the Order defended the scholastic method against "modern" posit...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

RIP Lambertus Marie de Rijk

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One of the true greats has passed away: http://www.newappsblog.com/2012/07/in-memoriam-lambertus-marie-de-rijk.html
Monday, June 18, 2012

Scotus the Voluntarist

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As is well known, Scotus is an evil voluntarist who separated morality from God by making the divine will the foundation of morality. Since ...
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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Buried Alive!

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I found another piece of information about the story of Scotus being buried alive.  This is from Ioannes Bremer, one of the 15th. c. Francis...
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