Duns Scotus
/dʌnzˈskəʊtəs/- Duns Scotus, John (c.1265-1308), Scottish theologian and scholar. A profoundly influential figure in the Middle Ages, he was the first major theologian to defend the theory of the Immaculate Conception, and opposed St Thomas Aquinas in arguing that faith was a matter of will rather than something dependent on logical proofs.邓斯·司各脱, 约翰（约1265-1308, 苏格兰神学家、学者; 中世纪有深远影响的人物, 是为纯洁受胎说辩护的第一位重要的神学家, 他反对圣托马斯·阿奎那, 认为信仰由意志决定而不依赖于逻辑证明）。