Duns Scotus
John Duns Scotus contributed to the development of emancipationist thought while residing in Oxford, England during the 1290s with his Lectura and Ordinatio. Among his most notable contributions was a concept known as the “consent of the governed.” Thomas Jefferson included this phrase in the American Declaration of Independence from England when he wrote: “Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed . . .” (Excerpt- Profitable Intelligence)
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The philosophical writings of Duns Scotus, one of the most influential philosophers of the Later Middle Ages, are here presented in a volume that presents the original Latin with facing page English translation.
CONTENTS:
Foreword to the Second Edition. Preface. Introduction. Select Bibliography.
I. Concerning Metaphysics
II. Man’s Natural Knowledge of God
III. The Existence of God
IV. The Unicity of God
V. Concerning Human Knowledge
VI. The Spirituality and Immortality of the Human Soul
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