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stituting creatural natures. In his doctrine of the will he stresses the sovereign autonomy of the human will in the control it exercises over its actions. Hence, he is sometimes called a Voluntarist, whereas St. Thomas is called a Intellectualist. Duns Scotus exercised great influence in the academic world lasting to this day, especially in philosophy and speculative theology.

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