John Duns Scotus died at Cologne in 1308, leaving his commentaries on the Sentences in drafts and student reports. The Franciscans took him as their doctor. Where Thomas's commentators held a real distinction of essence and existence, the Scotists held the univocity of being, the formal distinction and the primacy of the will, and they argued for the Immaculate Conception centuries before it was defined.
Antonius Andreas and Francis of Meyronnes taught his positions within a generation. In the seventeenth century Luke Wadding and the Irish Franciscans of St Isidore's in Rome edited his works, and Mastrius and Belluti wrote the complete Scotist course of philosophy. Frassen and Dupasquier fitted it to the colleges of France, and Briceño, born in Chile and trained in Lima, wrote with it what is often called the first major philosophical work by an author born in the Americas.
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4 authors, 12 works in the library →- c. 1266–1308
John Duns ScotusThe Subtle Doctor: the Ordinatio, the Quodlibet, and the questions on Aristotle.Franciscan · Latin, English - c. 1280–1320Antonius AndreasDoctor dulcifluus, who set out his master's teaching for the schools.Franciscan · not yet in the library
- c. 1288–1328Francis of MeyronnesMagister abstractionum: the formal distinction pressed to its limits.Franciscan · not yet in the library
- d. 1520Francis LychetusThe commentary on the Ordinatio printed with Scotus's own text.Franciscan · not yet in the library
- 1587–1668Alonso BriceñoBorn in Chile and trained in Lima: the Celebriores controversiae, often called the first major philosophical work by an American-born author.Franciscan · Latin, English
- 1588–1657Luke WaddingScotus's works in twelve volumes, Lyon 1639, edited with the Irish Franciscans of St Isidore's.Franciscan · not yet in the library
- 1602–1673Bartholomew MastriusWith Belluti, the complete Scotist course of philosophy; on his own, its theology on the four books of the Sentences.Franciscan · not yet in the library
- 1620–1711Claude FrassenScotus Academicus: Scotist theology for the University of Paris.Franciscan · Latin, English, Spanish
- 1630–1718Sébastien DupasquierScotist philosophy and theology, each gathered into a Summa.Franciscan · Latin
- 1662–1738Jerome of MontefortinoScotus's teaching rearranged in the order of Thomas's Summa.Franciscan · not yet in the library
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