▁ 1 9 8 2 , ▁continu ing ▁to ▁hear ▁cases ▁by ▁design ation ▁until ▁his ▁death . ▁ ▁He ▁died ▁in ▁a ▁hospital ▁in ▁Bo ise . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 1 6 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 9 1 ▁death s ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁Bo ise , ▁Id aho ▁Category : Univers ity ▁of ▁Id aho ▁College ▁of ▁Law ▁al umn i ▁Category : Id aho ▁Supreme ▁Court ▁just ices <0x0A> </s> ▁John ▁Major ▁( or ▁M air ) ▁( also ▁known ▁in ▁Latin ▁as ▁Jo annes ▁Major is ▁and ▁H adding ton us ▁Scot us ) ▁( 1 4 6 7 – 1 5 5 0 ) ▁was ▁a ▁Scottish ▁phil os opher , ▁the olog ian , ▁and ▁historian ▁who ▁was ▁much ▁adm ired ▁in ▁his ▁day ▁and ▁was ▁an ▁acknowled ged ▁influence ▁on ▁all ▁the ▁great ▁think ers ▁of ▁the ▁time . ▁A ▁ren owned ▁teacher , ▁his ▁works ▁were ▁much ▁collected ▁and ▁frequently ▁repub lished ▁across ▁Europe . ▁His ▁" s ane ▁conserv at ism " ▁and ▁his ▁s cept ical , ▁logical ▁approach ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁texts ▁such ▁as ▁Arist ot le ▁or ▁the ▁Bible ▁were ▁less ▁pri zed ▁in ▁the ▁subsequent ▁age ▁of ▁human ism ▁where ▁a ▁more ▁committed ▁and ▁lingu istic / liter ary , ▁approach ▁pre va iled . ▁His ▁influence ▁in ▁logic ▁( es pecially ▁the ▁analysis ▁of ▁terms ), ▁science ▁( imp et us ▁and ▁inf init es im als ), ▁politics ▁( pla