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 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. VIII