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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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Alexander of Hales (also Halensis, Alensis, Halesius, Alesius / əˈliːsiəs /; c. 1185 – 21 August 1245), also called Doctor Irrefragibilis (by Pope Alexander IV in the Bull De Fontibus Paradisi) and Theologorum Monarcha, was a Franciscan friar, theologian and philosopher important in the development of scholasticism .
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.
- Christopher Cullen
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. After 1222 Alexander made an innovation in the university by using the Book of Sentences of Peter Lombard as the basic text for theological courses.
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.
May 26, 2024 · 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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Alexander's importance for the history of theology and philosophy lies in the fact, that he was the first to attempt a systematic exposition of Catholic doctrine, after the metaphysical and physical works of Aristotle had become known to the schoolmen. His is not the first "Summa".
