![]() ![]() However, William's commentary was not well received by his colleagues, or by the Church authorities. William of Ockham was among these scholarly commentators. ĭuring the Middle Ages, theologian Peter Lombard's Sentences (1150) had become a standard work of theology, and many ambitious theological scholars wrote commentaries on it. Because of this he acquired the honorific title Venerabilis Inceptor, or "Venerable Beginner" (an inceptor was a student formally admitted to the ranks of teachers by the university authorities). It is believed that he then studied theology at the University of Oxford from 1309 to 1321, but while he completed all the requirements for a master's degree in theology, he was never made a regent master. He received his elementary education in the London House of the Greyfriars. William of Ockham was born in Ockham, Surrey, in 1287. William is remembered in the Church of England with a commemoration on 10 April. He is commonly known for Occam's razor, the methodological principle that bears his name, and also produced significant works on logic, physics and theology. He is considered to be one of the major figures of medieval thought and was at the centre of the major intellectual and political controversies of the 14th century. 1287 – 10 April 1347) was an English Franciscan friar, scholastic philosopher, apologist, and Catholic theologian, who is believed to have been born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey. William of Ockham, OFM ( / ˈ ɒ k əm/ also Occam, from Latin: Gulielmus Occamus c. Albert of Saxony, Jean Buridan, Adam de Wodeham, Gregory of Rimini, John Wycliffe, Gabriel Biel, Martin Luther, Henry VIII, John Calvin, Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Edmund Burke, Joseph De Maistre, Bertrand Russell
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