John of Reading
English philosopher
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John of Reading (Latin: Johannes de Reading, Johannes Radingia, Ioannes Radingiensis; c.1272–1346) was an English Franciscan theologian and scholastic philosopher. He was an early opponent of William of Ockham, and a follower of Duns Scotus.
Career
John of Reading was ordained subdeacon at Northampton on September 20, 1292. He was made deacon at Dunstable in 1294.[1]
He earned his doctorate of theology at University of Oxford by 1321.[2]: 4 Around 1320 while he was at Oxford, he wrote a commentary on the Sentences. He argued for the unity of science.[2]: 76
In 1322 he moved to a teaching position at Avignon, then the seat of the Avignon Papacy.[a] Reading is buried at Avignon.[3]
Notes
- In modern times a commune in the Vaucluse department in southeastern France. Jorge J. E. Gracia, Timothy B. Noone, A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages (2003), p. 390.