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FRANCIS OF MAYRONE [FRANCISCUS DE MAYR0NIs] (d. 1325) , scholastic philosopher, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Mayrone in See also:

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence. He entered the Franciscan See also:

order and subsequently went to See also:

Paris, where he was a See also:

PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

DUNS

Duns Scotus. At the See also:

SORBONNE

Sorbonne he acquired a See also:

GREAT

great reputation for ability in discussion, and was known as the See also:

DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor Illuminatus and Magister Acutus. He became a See also:

PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of See also:

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy, and took See also:

PART

part in the discussions on the nature of Universals. Following Duns Scotus, he adopted the Platonic theory of ideas, and denied that See also:

Aristotle had made any contribution to metaphysical See also:

SPECULATION

speculation. It is a curious commentary on the theories of Duns Scotus that one pupil, Francis, should have taken this course, while another pupil, See also:

OCCAM, WILLIAM OF (d. c. 1349)

Occam, should have used his arguments in a diametrically opposite direction and ended in extreme See also:

NOMINALISM (from Lat. nomen, name)

Nominalism. His See also:

WORKS

works were collected and published at See also:

Venice in 1520 under the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title Praeclarissima ac multum subtilia scripta See also:

ILLUMINATI (Lat. illuminare)

Illuminati Doctoris Francisci de Mayronis, £&c.

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