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Alexander is also known for rejecting the idea that there are many things in God's mind, instead claiming that it is more perfect to know just one thing.{{sfn|Wood|1993|p=8}} He did not start off with this view, though. In the ''Glossa'', he openly suggests the idea of the multiplicity of divine ideas.{{sfn|Wood|1993|p=8}} In his later work, ''Quaestio disputata antequam erat Frater 46'', he finally rejects the plurality of divine ideas, and this theme continues through the rest of his works.{{sfn|Wood|1993|p=9}} Specifically, in one of his last works, ''De scientia divina'', he concludes that the idea of [[wikt:plurality|plurality]] itself is strictly temporal, a human notion.{{sfn|Wood|1993|p=13}} | Alexander is also known for rejecting the idea that there are many things in God's mind, instead claiming that it is more perfect to know just one thing.{{sfn|Wood|1993|p=8}} He did not start off with this view, though. In the ''Glossa'', he openly suggests the idea of the multiplicity of divine ideas.{{sfn|Wood|1993|p=8}} In his later work, ''Quaestio disputata antequam erat Frater 46'', he finally rejects the plurality of divine ideas, and this theme continues through the rest of his works.{{sfn|Wood|1993|p=9}} Specifically, in one of his last works, ''De scientia divina'', he concludes that the idea of [[wikt:plurality|plurality]] itself is strictly temporal, a human notion.{{sfn|Wood|1993|p=13}} | ||
One of his more famous works, the ''Summa'', is important because of its system for determining if a [[Just war theory|war is just]].{{sfn|Russell|2014|p=602}} There are six requirements for determining this: authority and attitude (in reference to who declares the war), intention and condition (in reference to the soldiers), merit (of the enemy) and just cause.{{sfn|Russell|2014|p=602}} Just cause becomes the overarching moral principle for declaring war in three ways: the relief of good people, coercion of the wicked, and peace for all.{{sfn|Russell|2014|p=603}} | One of his more famous works, the ''Summa'', is important because of its system for determining if a [[Just war theory|war is just]].{{sfn|Russell|2014|p=602}} There are six requirements for determining this: authority and attitude (in reference to who declares the war), intention and condition (in reference to the soldiers), merit (of the enemy) and just cause.{{sfn|Russell|2014|p=602}} Just cause becomes the overarching moral principle for declaring war in three ways: the relief of good people, coercion of the wicked, and peace for all.{{sfn|Russell|2014|p=603}} Alexander put ‘peace for all’ at the end of the list to amplify its importance.{{sfn|Russell|2014|p=603}} | ||
==Writings== | ==Writings== | ||
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[[Category:University of Paris alumni]] | [[Category:University of Paris alumni]] | ||
[[Category:Writers from Shropshire]] | [[Category:Writers from Shropshire]] | ||
[[Category:13th-century educators]] | |||