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The Ordinatio of John Duns Scotus
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Ordinatio. Book 1. Distinctions 4 to 10.
Book One. Distinctions 4 - 10
Appendix. Distinction 3 from the Commentary on the Sentences by Antonius Andreas
Question One. Whether God can be naturally known by the intellect of the wayfarer

Question One. Whether God can be naturally known by the intellect of the wayfarer

Bonaventure, Sent. 1 d.3 q.1 a.1
Alexander of Hales, Summa p.1 q.2 sect.1 a.1
Scotus, Sent. 1 d.3 q.1
Thomas, ST Ia q.12 a.12
Richard of St. Victor, Sent. 1 d.3 q.1 a.1
Durandus, Sent. 1 d.3 q.1
Francis of Meyronne, Sent. 1 d.3 q.1
John Bacconitanus, Sent.1 d.3 q.1

1. About the third distinction I ask first whether God can be known naturally by the intellect of the wayfarer.

2. That he is not. From Aristotle as follows. On the Soul 3: We understand nothing without phantasms, for just as sensibles are to the senses so intelligibles are to the intellect; but God is not a phantasm because he is not sensible;     therefore etc     .

3. Again, Metaphysics 2: Our intellect is related to what is most manifest in nature as the eye of the owl to the sun; but there is impossibility here;     therefore etc     .

4. Again, Physics 1: The infinite qua infinite is unknowable; but God qua God is infinite;     therefore etc     .

5. Again, Gregory on Ezekiel: However much my mind has advanced in contemplation of God, I have reached not to what he is but to what is beneath him,     etc .

6. On the contrary. Metaphysics 6: Science or theology is about God; but the science of metaphysics is naturally attainable; therefore     .