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DavidWalker: Redirecting to Words Derived From Names of Persons

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 *'''John Duns Scotus''' (c1265/6-1308) was a [[Franciscan Order|Franciscan]] [[friar]] who taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Paris. His international reputation, and approval of the [[Roman Catholic]] church for his very precise theological arguments favouring the conservative (traditional) teachings of the church led to his being given the sobriquet of ''[[doctor]] subtilis'', 'the subtle doctor'. He was regarded as the official 'doctor' of the [[Franciscan Order]], setting him against Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] (1225-74), the 'official' theologian of the [[Dominican Order]] from 1314, known as the 'Angelic Doctor'. Aquinas's doctrines came to be labelled '''Thomism''', and Duns Scotus's as '''Scotism'''. The school of '''Scotists''' were a "predominating Scholastic sect" (''[[OED]]'') until the ideas of [[humanist]]s and the [[Reformation]] replaced the careful elaborations of medieval theology. He was much admired by the poet [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], who strove to popularize John's idea of ''haeccitas'', the separate individuality or 'quiddity' of things.
-::His name means simply 'John ([[surname]]d) 'from [the town of] Duns in Scotland'.
+::His name means simply 'John ([[surname]]d 'from [the town of] Duns in Scotland)'.
 *Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Scotists came to be seen as sophisticated and subtle thinkers. Duns Scotus's followers called themselves 'Dunsmen' or 'dunces'. By opponents, they were seen as splitters of hairs, or over-sophisticated, precise and cavilling. Hence a '''dunce''' came to be regarded as 'too clever by half'. In the conflicts of the [[Reformation]], Scotist theology was seen as opposed to all that the new theology stood and fought for. So a '''dunce''' became 'a blockhead', 'a stubborn opponent of new ideas', and, by extension, 'a stubborn opponent of any ideas'. As theology receded from popular consciousness, '''dunce''' became used in schools for 'blockhead', 'slow learner', 'bottom of the class'. In some schools, poor students were required to wear a '''dunce's cap''', "a cap of conical shape, sometimes marked with a capital D, and placed on the head of a dunce at school" (''[[OED]]'').

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 It is one of the great ironies of [[etymology]] that the name of one of the most powerful and highly regarded thinkers of his time should have come to be used as a [[common noun]] meaning 'blockhead' or 'slow learner'.
-*'''John Duns Scotus''' (c1265/6-1308) was a [[Franciscan Order|Franciscan]] [[friar]] who taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Paris. His international reputation, and approval of the [[Roman Catholic]] church for his very precise theological arguments favouring the conservative (traditional) teachings of the church led to his being given the sobriquet of ''[[doctor]] subtilis'', 'the subtle doctor'. He was regarded as the official 'doctor' of the [[Franciscan Order]], setting him against Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] (1225â€“74), the 'official' theologian of the [[Dominican Order]] from 1314, known as the 'Angelic Doctor'. Aquinas's doctrines came to be labelled '''Thomism''', and Duns Scotus's as '''Scotism'''. The school of '''Scotists''' were a "predominating Scholastic sect" (''[[OED]]'') until the ideas of [[humanist]]s and the [[Reformation]] replaced the careful elaborations of medieval theology. He was much admired by the poet [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], who strove to popularize John's idea of ''haeccitas'', the separate individuality or 'quiddity' of things.
+*'''John Duns Scotus''' (c1265/6-1308) was a [[Franciscan Order|Franciscan]] [[friar]] who taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Paris. His international reputation, and approval of the [[Roman Catholic]] church for his very precise theological arguments favouring the conservative (traditional) teachings of the church led to his being given the sobriquet of ''[[doctor]] subtilis'', 'the subtle doctor'. He was regarded as the official 'doctor' of the [[Franciscan Order]], setting him against Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] (1225-74), the 'official' theologian of the [[Dominican Order]] from 1314, known as the 'Angelic Doctor'. Aquinas's doctrines came to be labelled '''Thomism''', and Duns Scotus's as '''Scotism'''. The school of '''Scotists''' were a "predominating Scholastic sect" (''[[OED]]'') until the ideas of [[humanist]]s and the [[Reformation]] replaced the careful elaborations of medieval theology. He was much admired by the poet [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], who strove to popularize John's idea of ''haeccitas'', the separate individuality or 'quiddity' of things.
-::His name means simply 'John ([[surname]]d) 'from [the town of Duns] in Scotland'.
+::His name means simply 'John ([[surname]]d) 'from [the town of] Duns in Scotland'.
 *Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Scotists came to be seen as sophisticated and subtle thinkers. Duns Scotus's followers called themselves 'Dunsmen' or 'dunces'. By opponents, they were seen as splitters of hairs, or over-sophisticated, precise and cavilling. Hence a '''dunce''' came to be regarded as 'too clever by half'. In the conflicts of the [[Reformation]], Scotist theology was seen as opposed to all that the new theology stood and fought for. So a '''dunce''' became 'a blockhead', 'a stubborn opponent of new ideas', and, by extension, 'a stubborn opponent of any ideas'. As theology receded from popular consciousness, '''dunce''' became used in schools for 'blockhead', 'slow learner', 'bottom of the class'. In some schools, poor students were required to wear a '''dunce's cap''', "a cap of conical shape, sometimes marked with a capital D, and placed on the head of a dunce at school" (''[[OED]]'').

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 *'''John Duns Scotus''' (c1265/6-1308) was a [[Franciscan Order|Franciscan]] [[friar]] who taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Paris. His international reputation, and approval of the [[Roman Catholic]] church for his very precise theological arguments favouring the conservative (traditional) teachings of the church led to his being given the sobriquet of ''[[doctor]] subtilis'', 'the subtle doctor'. He was regarded as the official 'doctor' of the [[Franciscan Order]], setting him against Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] (1225â€“74), the 'official' theologian of the [[Dominican Order]] from 1314, known as the 'Angelic Doctor'. Aquinas's doctrines came to be labelled '''Thomism''', and Duns Scotus's as '''Scotism'''. The school of '''Scotists''' were a "predominating Scholastic sect" (''[[OED]]'') until the ideas of [[humanist]]s and the [[Reformation]] replaced the careful elaborations of medieval theology. He was much admired by the poet [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], who strove to popularize John's idea of ''haeccitas'', the separate individuality or 'quiddity' of things.
 ::His name means simply 'John ([[surname]]d) 'from [the town of Duns] in Scotland'.
-*Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Scotists came to be seen as sophisticated and subtle thinkers. Duns Scotus's followers called themselves 'Dunsmen' or 'dunces'. By opponents, they were as splitters of hairs, or over-sophisticated, precise and cavilling. Hence a '''dunce''' came to be regarded as 'too clever by half'. In the conflicts of the [[Reformation]], Scotist theology was seen as opposed to all that the new theology stiood and fought for. So a '''dunce''' became 'a blockhead', 'a stubborn opponent of new ideas', and, by extension, 'a stubborn opponent of any ideas'. As theology receded from popular consciousness, '''dunce''' became used in schools for 'blockhead', 'slow learner', 'bottom of the class'. In some schools, poor students were requ9red to wear a '''dunce's cap''', "a cap of conical shape, sometimes marked with a capital D, and placed on the head of a dunce at school" (''[[OED]]'').
+*Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Scotists came to be seen as sophisticated and subtle thinkers. Duns Scotus's followers called themselves 'Dunsmen' or 'dunces'. By opponents, they were seen as splitters of hairs, or over-sophisticated, precise and cavilling. Hence a '''dunce''' came to be regarded as 'too clever by half'. In the conflicts of the [[Reformation]], Scotist theology was seen as opposed to all that the new theology stood and fought for. So a '''dunce''' became 'a blockhead', 'a stubborn opponent of new ideas', and, by extension, 'a stubborn opponent of any ideas'. As theology receded from popular consciousness, '''dunce''' became used in schools for 'blockhead', 'slow learner', 'bottom of the class'. In some schools, poor students were required to wear a '''dunce's cap''', "a cap of conical shape, sometimes marked with a capital D, and placed on the head of a dunce at school" (''[[OED]]'').
 ::You may care to see other [[Words Derived From Names of Persons]].

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 It is one of the great ironies of [[etymology]] that the name of one of the most powerful and highly regarded thinkers of his time should have come to be used as a [[common noun]] meaning 'blockhead' or 'slow learner'.
-*'''John Duns Scotus''' (c1265/6-1308) was a [[Franciscan Order|Franciscan]] [[friar]] who taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Paris. His international reputation, and approval of the [[Roman Catholic]] church for his very precise theological arguments favouring the conservative (traditional) teachings of the church led to his being given the sobriquet of ''[[doctor]] subtilis'', 'the subtle doctor'. He was regarded as the official 'doctor' of the [[Franciscan Order]], setting him against Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] (1225â€“74), the 'official' theologian of the [[Dominican Order]] from 1314, known as the 'Angelic Doctor'. Aquinas's doctrines came to be labelled '''Thomism''', and Duns Scotus's as '''Scotism'''. The school of '''Scotists''' were a "predominating Scholastic sect" (''[[ORD]]'') until the ideas of [[humanist]]s and the [[Reformation]] replaced the careful elaborations of medieval theology. He was much admired by the poet [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], who strove to popularize John's idea of ''haeccitas'', the separate individuality or 'quiddity' of things.
+*'''John Duns Scotus''' (c1265/6-1308) was a [[Franciscan Order|Franciscan]] [[friar]] who taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Paris. His international reputation, and approval of the [[Roman Catholic]] church for his very precise theological arguments favouring the conservative (traditional) teachings of the church led to his being given the sobriquet of ''[[doctor]] subtilis'', 'the subtle doctor'. He was regarded as the official 'doctor' of the [[Franciscan Order]], setting him against Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] (1225â€“74), the 'official' theologian of the [[Dominican Order]] from 1314, known as the 'Angelic Doctor'. Aquinas's doctrines came to be labelled '''Thomism''', and Duns Scotus's as '''Scotism'''. The school of '''Scotists''' were a "predominating Scholastic sect" (''[[OED]]'') until the ideas of [[humanist]]s and the [[Reformation]] replaced the careful elaborations of medieval theology. He was much admired by the poet [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], who strove to popularize John's idea of ''haeccitas'', the separate individuality or 'quiddity' of things.
 ::His name means simply 'John ([[surname]]d) 'from [the town of Duns] in Scotland'.
 *Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Scotists came to be seen as sophisticated and subtle thinkers. Duns Scotus's followers called themselves 'Dunsmen' or 'dunces'. By opponents, they were as splitters of hairs, or over-sophisticated, precise and cavilling. Hence a '''dunce''' came to be regarded as 'too clever by half'. In the conflicts of the [[Reformation]], Scotist theology was seen as opposed to all that the new theology stiood and fought for. So a '''dunce''' became 'a blockhead', 'a stubborn opponent of new ideas', and, by extension, 'a stubborn opponent of any ideas'. As theology receded from popular consciousness, '''dunce''' became used in schools for 'blockhead', 'slow learner', 'bottom of the class'. In some schools, poor students were requ9red to wear a '''dunce's cap''', "a cap of conical shape, sometimes marked with a capital D, and placed on the head of a dunce at school" (''[[OED]]'').

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		+	*'''John Duns Scotus''' (c1265/6-1308) was a [[Franciscan Order\|Franciscan]] [[friar]] who taught at the Universities of Oxford, Cambridge and Paris. His international reputation, and approval of the [[Roman Catholic]] church for his very precise theological arguments favouring the conservative (traditional) teachings of the church led to his being given the sobriquet of ''[[doctor]] subtilis'', 'the subtle doctor'. He was regarded as the official 'doctor' of the [[Franciscan Order]], setting him against Saint [[Thomas Aquinas]] (1225â€“74), the 'official' theologian of the [[Dominican Order]] from 1314, known as the 'Angelic Doctor'. Aquinas's doctrines came to be labelled '''Thomism''', and Duns Scotus's as '''Scotism'''. The school of '''Scotists''' were a "predominating Scholastic sect" (''[[ORD]]'') until the ideas of [[humanist]]s and the [[Reformation]] replaced the careful elaborations of medieval theology. He was much admired by the poet [[Gerard Manley Hopkins]], who strove to popularize John's idea of ''haeccitas'', the separate individuality or 'quiddity' of things.
		+	::His name means simply 'John ([[surname]]d) 'from [the town of Duns] in Scotland'.
		+	*Towards the end of the Middle Ages, Scotists came to be seen as sophisticated and subtle thinkers. Duns Scotus's followers called themselves 'Dunsmen' or 'dunces'. By opponents, they were as splitters of hairs, or over-sophisticated, precise and cavilling. Hence a '''dunce''' came to be regarded as 'too clever by half'. In the conflicts of the [[Reformation]], Scotist theology was seen as opposed to all that the new theology stiood and fought for. So a '''dunce''' became 'a blockhead', 'a stubborn opponent of new ideas', and, by extension, 'a stubborn opponent of any ideas'. As theology receded from popular consciousness, '''dunce''' became used in schools for 'blockhead', 'slow learner', 'bottom of the class'. In some schools, poor students were requ9red to wear a '''dunce's cap''', "a cap of conical shape, sometimes marked with a capital D, and placed on the head of a dunce at school" (''[[OED]]'').
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