Scotus

"And therefore, those who deny such manifest things need punishment or knowledge or sense, for as Avicenna puts it: "Those who deny a first principle should be beaten or exposed to fire until they concede that to burn and not to burn, or to be beaten and not to be beaten, are not identical". And so too, those who deny that some being is contingent should be exposed to torments until they concede that it is possible for them not to be tormented."

Duns Scotus, Concerning Metaphysics 4


This is for Patristics Tom who gave me this quote overheard before. I find it slightly amusing that Scotus quotes Avicenna, but only slightly so