The Need for a Supernatural Doctrine in Duns Scotus as a Reaction against Aristotelianism
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The intention of this paper is to suggest, through an examination of the question about the need for Revelation, the sense in which one must understand Duns Scotus’ position regarding the validity of a revealed doctrine confronted against natural reason, whose main figure was Aristotle. Since the Subtle Doctor opposes natural to supernatural knowledge, this work also determines how one must assume the meaning of “nature” and “natural” with regard to knowledge, and in which sense a given knowledge can be considered supernatural. In the final part, some reflections concerning the distance Scotus and Christian thought in general keeps with Aristotle, and with a philosophy that ignores or disregards the Revelation.
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