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  1. Alexander was born at Hales, Shropshire (today Halesowen, West Midlands ), England, between 1180 and 1186. He came from a rather wealthy country family. He studied at the University of Paris and became a master of arts sometime before 1210. [1] He began to read theology in 1212 or 1213, and became a regent master in 1220 or 1221.

  2. 1245, Paris. Alexander Of Hales (born c. 1170/85, Hales, Gloucestershire, Eng.—died 1245, Paris) was a theologian and philosopher whose doctrines influenced the teachings of such thinkers as St. Bonaventure and John of La Rochelle. The Summa theologica, for centuries ascribed to him, is largely the work of followers.

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  3. Alexander of Hales (c. 1185–1245) is a thirteenth-century scholastic, important for his investigations of the newly translated works of Aristotle and for contributing to the development of the rigorously systematic and philosophical method for theology, distinctive of Scholasticism. Alexander exercised considerable influence among the ...

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  4. Alexander of Hales, "Doctor Irrefragabilis," friar minor, was an English Scholastic at the University of Paris. He was born in Hales Owen, Shropshire, and died in Paris. Alexander was a student at Paris about 1200 and received his M.A. before 1210. He joined the faculty of theology, becoming a master regent about 1220.

  5. May 21, 2018 · Hales Owen, Shropshire, c. 1185; d. Paris, Aug. 21, 1245. Life. Born of a wealthy agrarian family, he studied arts at the University of Paris, where he became a master before 1210. About 1210 he began to study theology and became regent master c. 1220 – 22. He retained his professorship until 1241, when he relinquished it to john of la rochelle.

  6. May 26, 2024 · Quick Reference. ( c. 1185–1245) Influential Franciscan theologian and writer on logic, known as ‘Doctor Irrefragabilis’ (irrefutable doctor). Alexander taught the independence of theology, based on revelation, and philosophy, based on reason. From: Alexander of Hales in The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy ».

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  8. Jan 1, 2020 · Abstract. Alexander of Hales (c. 1185–1245) is a thirteenth-century thinker who made major contributions to the development of Scholasticism, especially insofar as it became a rigorously systematic and philosophical method for doing theology. Alexander contributed to this development in two principal ways: he is among the earliest scholars to ...

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