Duns Scotus quotes
Duns Scotus was a Scottish philosopher and theologian, renowned for his complex and subtle arguments in scholastic philosophy. Often called the "Subtle Doctor," his work deeply influenced both medieval thought and later philosophical developments. He is especially known for his teachings on the univocity of being, the Immaculate Conception, and individual rights. Here are 2 of his quotes:
![If all men by nature desire to know, then they desire most of all the greatest knowledge of science. So the Philosopher argues in chap. 2 of his first book of the work [Metaphisics]. And he immediately indicates what the greatest science is, namely the science which is about those things that are most knowable. But there are two senses in which things are said to be maximally knowable: either [1] because they are the first of all things known and without them nothing else can be known; or [2] because they are what are known most certainly. In either way, however, this science is about the most knowable. Therefore, this most of all is a science and, consequently, most desirable... (Duns Scotus)](https://cdn.quotesdtb.com/img/quotes_images_webp/70/duns-scotus-book-chap-764570.webp)
We speak of the matter [of this science] in the sense of its being what the science is about. This is called by some the subject of the science, but more properly it should be called its object, just as we say of a virtue that what it is about is its object, not its subject. As for the object of the science in this sense, we have indicated above that this science is about the transcendentals. And it was shown to be about the highest causes. But there are various opinions about which of these ought to be considered its proper object or subject. Therefor, we inquire about the first. Is the proper subject of metaphysics being as being, as Avicenna claims, or God and the Intelligences, as the Commentator, Averroes, assumes.
Duns Scotus
Born: 1265
