John Duns Scotus
those who deny that some being is contingent
should be exposed to torments until they concede
that it is possible for them not to be tormented
"John Duns Scotus"
In reading about this man, I found an intellectual spirit
whereas it is far better to know, than
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Categories:
duns, change, education, judgement,
Form: Verse
Blessed John Duns Scotus
"Engraved on his tomb in Latin:
Scotland brought me forth.
England sustained me.
France taught me.
Cologne holds me."
Blessed John Duns Scotus
1265 - 1308
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Blessed
theologian, philosopher, logician, realist, professor
entered the Franciscan order at 12 years old
became a catholic priest and Franciscan friar
received a good education at Oxford
known for his metaphysical arguments on God
and his univocity of being and so much
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Categories:
duns, history,
Form: Bio
On Reading About John Duns Scotus
A great philosopher was someone who
I read about. He was a Scottish priest.
Before today I never even knew
a thing about this guy now long deceased.
Philosophy is sometimes hard for me
to comprehend, and John Duns Scotus taught
ideas that I don’t grasp easily.
His “univocity of being” thought
is too abstract for me, but it seems great.
However, “dunce” was
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Categories:
duns, philosophy,
Form: Sonnet
John Scotus Duns
Thinker, scholar, sophist; Duns was, yet, a humanist,
His thoughts actions exhibited him as true philanthropist…!
Constructing a metaphysical argument, he said,
Of the existence of God, that like rivers moves ahead…!
Aristotle or Aquinas need not be great masters,
When divine decree, like creation, does all things alters...!
A Franciscan priest and theologian, he explained,
The Immaculate Conception, with due
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Categories:
duns, faith, life, love, people,
Form: Couplet
John Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus was a fortunate man
Beliefs such, could have been burnt at the stake
Luckily he got away with elan
Urging fellow souls to rise and awake
His life a mystery, as also death
There are rumours he was buried alive
Was he in meditation or took meth
Be it what it may, his teachings survive
God’s choiceless choice to
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Categories:
duns, religion,
Form: Quatrain
John Duns Scotus
Duns Scotus was an enormously important theologian
He significantly influenced Catholic theology, early on,
A brilliant man of considerable influence in Scotland
Doctrines we take for granted were from him drawn.
A thirteenth century Franciscan, he was very erudite
Strange the idea of the dunce cap comes from his name
Though never pictured wearing a pointy-head funnel
His scholarship and philosophy contribute
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Categories:
duns, religion,
Form: Rhyme