Where Aquinas taught that in every human conception there are three souls, the vegetative, the sensitive and the rational, Scotus would have but one rational soul with virtual distinctions. (faith.org.uk)
He rejected much of Greek philosophy in particular Aristotle's teaching that human beings exist as a stable substance whose nature is a rational animal and whose rational soul is the principle of unity and organisation of the human person. (faith.org.uk)
Perhaps these three supernatural «bara» interventions of Genesis 1 correspond to the creation of the universe, the creation of life and the creation of the human rational soul. (faith.org.uk)