William of Ockham was an English philosopher also called William Ockham, or Doctor Invincibilis (“Invincible Doctor”)
He was born in Ockham, a small village in Surrey, near East Horsley, and he estudied in two importants universities: Merton school, Oxford, and also he had John Duns Scotus ( he was one of the most important theologians and philosophers of the High Middle Ages) of teacher.
Franciscan philosopher, theologian, and political writer, a late scholastic thinker regarded as the founder of a form of
Early life.
In his controversial writings William of Ockham denies the right of the popes to exercise temporal power, or to interfere in any way whatever in the affairs of the Empire. In philosophy William advocated a reform of Scholasticism both in method and in content.
Ockham's attitude towards the established order in the Church and towards the recognized system of philosophy in the academic world of his day was one of protest. He has, indeed, been called "the first Protestant".
Nevertheless, he recognized in his polemical writings the authority of the Church in spiritual matters, and did not diminish that authority in any respect.
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