John Duns (c. 1266 – 8 November 1308), commonly called Duns Scotus, “Duns the Scot”), was a Scottish Catholic priest and Franciscan friar, university professor, philosopher, and theologian. He is one of the three most important philosopher-theologians of Western Europe in the High Middle Ages, together with Thomas Aquinas and William of Ockham.  Scotus has had considerable influence […]