Place

Oxford

England · Modern United Kingdom

Home to one of medieval Europe's foremost universities, where Duns Scotus and William of Ockham lectured and the via moderna took shape.

Thinkers Connected to Oxford

Duns Scotus

c. 1266 CE – 1308 CE

The Subtle Doctor, who argued that being means the same of God and creatures, and that each thing has its own thisness.

Roger Bacon

c. 1219 CE – c. 1292 CE

The Franciscan who insisted that experiment, not authority, settles a question, and sketched flying machines four centuries early.

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