DUNCE  , a slow or stupid See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person, one incapable of learning . The word is derived from the name of the See also:

• GREAT

great schoolman, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• DUNS

Duns Scotus, whose See also:

• WORKS

works on See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic, See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology and See also:

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

philosophy were accepted See also:

• TEXT (Lat. textum, woven fabric, from texere, to weave)

text-books in the See also:

• UNIVERSITIES

universities from the 14th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . " Duns " or Dunsman " was a name See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early applied by their opponents to the followers of Duns Scotus, the Scotists, and hence was See also:

• EQUIVALENT

equivalent to one devoted to sophistical distinctions and subtleties . When, in the 16th century, the Scotists obstinately opposed the " new learning," the See also:

• TERM

term " duns " or " dunce " became, in the mouths of the humanists and reformers, a term of abuse, a synonym for one incapable of scholarship, a dull blockhead .