4 9 6 . ▁There ▁were ▁many ▁curr ents ▁of ▁thought ▁in ▁Paris ▁but ▁he ▁was ▁heavily ▁influenced , ▁as ▁were ▁fellow ▁Sc ots ▁such ▁as ▁Lawrence ▁of ▁Lind ores ▁by ▁the ▁nom inal ist ▁and ▁empir ic ist ▁approach ▁of ▁John ▁Bur idan . ▁( The ▁latter ' s ▁influence ▁on ▁Cop ern icus ▁and ▁Gal ile o ▁can ▁be ▁trac ed ▁through ▁Maj ors ▁published ▁works ). ▁He ▁became ▁a ▁student ▁master ▁(' reg ent ') ▁in ▁Arts ▁in ▁the ▁Coll ège ▁de ▁Mont a igu ▁in ▁ 1 4 9 6 ▁and ▁began ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁the ology ▁under ▁the ▁form id able ▁Jan ▁Stand on ck . ▁He ▁cons orted ▁with ▁sch ol ars ▁of ▁later ▁ren own , ▁some ▁from ▁his ▁h omet own , ▁Robert ▁Walter ston , ▁and ▁his ▁home ▁country ▁( David ▁C ran ston ▁of ▁Glasgow , ▁who ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 5 1 2 ), ▁but ▁mostly ▁they ▁were ▁the ▁l umin aries ▁of ▁the ▁age , ▁including ▁Er as mus , ▁whose ▁reform ing ▁enthus ias ms ▁he ▁shared , ▁R abel ais ▁and ▁Regin ald ▁P ole . ▁In ▁the ▁winter ▁of ▁ 1 4 9 7 ▁he ▁had ▁a ▁serious ▁ill ness , ▁from ▁which ▁he ▁never ▁completely ▁recovered . ▁He ▁had ▁never ▁had ▁dream s ▁before , ▁but ▁ever ▁afterwards ▁he ▁was ▁trouble d ▁by ▁dream s , ▁mig raine , ▁col ic ▁and ▁" ex cess ive ▁sleep iness " ▁( he ▁was ▁always ▁hard ▁to ▁aw aken