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... Duns and Thomas . This section will deal with Duns's views with regard to ( 1 ) theory of knowledge , ( 2 ) the nature of individual- ity , ( 3 ) the relative primacy of intellect and will , and ( 4 ) the limits of natural theology . In ...
... Duns and Thomas . This section will deal with Duns's views with regard to ( 1 ) theory of knowledge , ( 2 ) the nature of individual- ity , ( 3 ) the relative primacy of intellect and will , and ( 4 ) the limits of natural theology . In ...
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... Duns's account of induction may be mentioned . This is his conviction that nature is uniform , that is , that God operates through a regular order of secondary causes . Here , of course , he agreed with Thomas.12 This conviction ...
... Duns's account of induction may be mentioned . This is his conviction that nature is uniform , that is , that God operates through a regular order of secondary causes . Here , of course , he agreed with Thomas.12 This conviction ...
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... Duns believed that his formula— “ a natural capacity but a present limitation of that capacity " -steered a safe middle course . These considerations explain why Duns did not extend the domain of natural theology beyond the points fixed ...
... Duns believed that his formula— “ a natural capacity but a present limitation of that capacity " -steered a safe middle course . These considerations explain why Duns did not extend the domain of natural theology beyond the points fixed ...
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Abelard according actually animal argument Aristotle Aristotle's Augustine Augustine's authority Bacon believed body called cause century Christ Christian Church City of God conceived conception course created creature distinction divine doctrine Donatists Duns Duns's Empire essence eternal ethics evil existence experience fact faith Father finite follows Gnostics God's grace Greek held Hence human Ibid individual instance intellect Jesus Jesus movement Jews kind knowledge live Lord man's Manichees matter means medieval merely metaphysical Middle Ages mind Mithraism moral moved movement mystic nature Neoplatonism notion object Occam orthodoxy particular Paul Pelagians perfect philosophical Plato Plotinus point of view possible principle problem Ques question rational reality reason salvation seems sense Socrates soul spirit substance Summa Contra Gentiles Summa Theologica Thee theology theory things Thomas Thomistic Thou thought truth understand universe unmoved mover virtue whole words Yahweh