By the curious twist of the cruel Fate, the name of one of the most brilliant thinkers of The Middle Ages has com to denote a fool!

John Duns Scotus was a great thinker belonging to The Middle Ages. His teachings were dismissed after his death in 1308.

During Renaissance, the scholars who supported his views were contemptuously named as Dunsers. Later the word ‘dunce’ came to denote an utter fool.