Jacques Maritain Center : Readings Scotism and Scotists I. Scotism. This is the name given to the philosophical and theological system or school named after John Duns Scotus . . . . It developed out of the Old Franciscan School, to which Haymo of Faversham (d. 1244), Alexander of Hales (d. 1245), John of Rupella (d. 1245), William of Melitora (d. 1260), St. Bonaventure (d. 1274), Cardinal ...

John Duns Scotus c. 1266-1308 Duns Scotus Page A Treatise on God as First Principle John Duns Scotus, Scottish theologian and philosopher, was founder of a school of Scholasticism known as Scotism. Born in Duns, Duns Scotus entered the Franciscan order and studied at the universities of Oxford and Paris. He later lectured at both universities on the Sentences, the basic theological textbook by ...