• I was an 13th and 14th century Scottish monk.
  • I was a leading figure of medieval scholasticism.
  • In many regards I turned against the entrenched beliefs of Aquinas.
  • I rejected the idea of a necessary world preferring the concept of God as absolute freedom capable of spontaneous activity.
  • The church rejected my ideas, hence the contemporary word extrapolated from my name. In the medieval controversies over universals I advocated nominalism.
  • I belonged to the Franciscan order and was known as Dr Subtilis.

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