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FRANCIS OF MAYRONE [FRANCISCUS DE MAYR0NIs] (d. 1325)  , scholastic philosopher, was See also:born at Mayrone in See also:Provence . He entered the Franciscan See also:order and subsequently went to See also:Paris, where he was a See also:pupil of See also:Duns Scotus . At the See also:Sorbonne he acquired a See also:great reputation for ability in discussion, and was known as the See also:Doctor Illuminatus and Magister Acutus . He became a See also:professor of See also:philosophy, and took See also:part in the discussions on the nature of Universals . Following Duns Scotus, he adopted the Platonic theory of ideas, and denied that See also:Aristotle had made any contribution to metaphysical See also:speculation . It is a curious commentary on the theories of Duns Scotus that one pupil, See also:Francis, should have taken this course, while another pupil, See also:Occam, should have used his arguments in a diametrically opposite direction and ended in extreme See also:Nominalism . His See also:works were collected and published at See also:Venice in 1520 under the See also:title Praeclarissima ac multum subtilia scripta See also:Illuminati Doctoris Francisci de Mayronis, £&c .

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