Duns

Its name is said to originate from a church built here by the Duns in 646, and in Flemish its name signifies the _church of the Duns_.

A tour through some parts of France, Switzerland, Savoy, Germany and Belgium Richard Boyle Bernard

As distinguished from the ancient "images and locations" technique employed by the Dominicans, the concentric mnemonic wheels of Ramon Llull were calibrated to prove the existence of God; these were adopted by the Franciscans (such as Duns Scotus) for mnemonic, pedagogical, and meditational practices.

Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

Thinkers after Grosseteste, such as Duns Scotus, developed accounts of non-temporal modality in even more detail that share elements found in Grosseteste's account and perhaps were influenced by it (see Lewis 1996).

Robert Grosseteste Lewis, Neil 2007

Theologian John Duns Scots was no dunce, but his followers the Dunsmen got a reputation as hair-splitting pinheads, and soon "Duns" morphed into "dunce."

GOOD Mark Peters 2010

'Duns' may well be a reference to the Saxon Dunn, who held land in nearby Elworthy and Willet before 1066. [

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The prefix 'Duns' may well be a reference to the Saxon Dunn, who held land in nearby Elworthy and Willet before 1066. [

WN.com - Articles related to Pakistan Calls for Lower Textile Tariffs 2010

'Duns' may well be a reference to the Saxon Dunn, who held land in nearby Elworthy and Willet before 1066. [

WN.com - Articles related to Pakistan Calls for Lower Textile Tariffs 2010

The roots of this mindset reach back centuries, Mr. Gregory says, to the late-medieval theologian John Duns Scotus, who argued that God and man both exist in the same essence of things and that therefore man may speak of God with "univocal" as opposed to "analogical" language.

Blame It on Calvin & Luther Barton Swaim 2012

One example, noted by spy novelist Jeremy Duns, is this passage from "Assassin of Secrets": "Then he saw her, behind the fountain, a small light, dim but growing to illuminate her as she stood naked but for a thin, translucent nightdress; her hair undone and falling to her waist—hair and the thin material moving and blowing as though caught in a silent zephyr."

Spy Thriller: 'An Instant Classic' Vanishes Amid Plagiarism Charges Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011

Among those reading the comments was Mr. Duns, a writer of spy novels such as "Free Agent," who liked the book so much he was quoted on the cover of the U.K. edition calling it "an instant classic."

Spy Thriller: 'An Instant Classic' Vanishes Amid Plagiarism Charges Jeffrey A. Trachtenberg 2011