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Franciscan friar, theologian and philosopher
- 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.
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Alexander of Hales (also Halensis, Alensis, Halesius, Alesius / ə ˈ l iː s i ə s /; 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.
- 21 August 1245, Paris, France (aged 59-60)
- c. 1185, Hales, Shropshire, England
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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
(c. 1185–1245) 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.
May 21, 2018 · Alexander of Hales, d. 1245, English scholastic philosopher, called the Unanswerable Doctor by his fellow scholastics. He was a Franciscan and a lecturer at the Univ. of Paris.
Sep 30, 2020 · Alexander was the first to bring the theological lectures around to Aristotle, using his method and some of his terms as aids to teach theology. Alexander of Hales was the founder, or the father, of Scholasticism.
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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