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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The metaphysical system of John Duns Scotus (born probably at Duns in Berwickshire, Scotland, though the place is doubtful: died at Cologne in 1308), the most accurate thinker of the middle ages. His method is the logical analysis of the elements of existence.

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