Full Idea
Scotus rejected Henry of Ghent's defence of Augustine's of knowledge by 'illumination', as leading to nothing but scepticism. ...After this, illumination never made a serious recovery.
Gist of Idea
Augustine's 'illumination' theory of knowledge leads to nothing but scepticism
Source
report of John Duns Scotus (works [1301]) by Stephen D. Dumont - Duns Scotus p.206
Book Reference
'Shorter Routledge Encyclopaedia of Philosophy', ed/tr. Craig,Edward [Routledge 2005], p.206
Related Idea
Idea 22117 Our minds grasp reality by direct illumination (rather than abstraction from experience) [Augustine, by Matthews]