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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.

Sunday, March 29, 2015

Principal Conclusions of Scotist Theology (1697)

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I came across the pamphlet translated below somewhere in the depths of the internet. It is a set of 60 theses proposed for debate in Florenc...
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Sunday, February 15, 2015

Blessed Newman Discovers the Formal Distinction

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And here, let it be observed, that we have a sort of figure or intimation of the sacred Mystery of the Trinity in Unity even in what has bee...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

Review of Postmodernity and Univocity

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Here are my thoughts on a recent book. Postmodernity and Univocity: A Critical Account of Radical Orthodoxy and John Duns Scotus For sal...
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Notice

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I've added Peter Simpson's page of translations to the "Bibliotheca Scotistica" sidebar. Dr Simpson has generously made a...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

New Gerard of Bologna Edition

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A selection of questions from Gerard of Bologna's Quodlibeta has come out, for sale here . The editor is David Piche. Price: 87 Eur...
Monday, January 12, 2015

The Destroyers of Philosophy

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Are those who deny the univocity of being. So says the Doctor. Lectura I d. 3 p. 1 q. 1-2 (Vat XVI) ... n. 105: But to the contrary ...
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Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Recent Links of Note

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I came across a list of 64 theses that are supposed to constitute the positions of the Scotist school, ca. 1697, and will post a translation...
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Bettoni on Scotus

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Efrem Bettoni, Duns Scotus: The Basic Principles of His Philosophy , pp.192 ff.: The history of Scotism has not yet been written. It is st...
Friday, November 7, 2014

Festum Scoti

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It's  November 8 again, the optional memorial of the subtle Scot. Once again, here's the collect: Domine Deus, fons omnis sapienti...
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Thursday, October 30, 2014

Franciscus de Mayronis on Metaphysics

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Franciscus de Mayronis, Conflatus prol. q. 14 (ed. Venezia 1520, 8vb): ...metaphysica accipitur dupliciter: uno modo ut tractat de ente...
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Monday, July 7, 2014

Francis of Meyronnes on whether there is a transcendental notion more common than being

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Now that the Philosophers have finished their work, it is time for things to go back to normal here at The Smithy. We (that is, I) shall ret...
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Sunday, July 6, 2014

New Books on the Horizon

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Here are three new books on Scotus that will be out later this year: Richard Cross, Duns Scotus's Theory of Cognition Origina...
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Updates

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The "Bibliotheca Scotistica" section on the sidebar has had a few new additions, such as a Lampen scan and a Mayronis transcriptio...
Monday, June 23, 2014

New Translations

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CUA press has two new translations coming up:   Scotus' commentary on the Categories , and the commentaries on the Perihermenias . Furth...
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Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Doffing My Dunce Cap to Feser

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Edward Feser vigorously defends his book in a new post . He finds some of my criticisms reasonable but finds others "unjust and intempe...
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