▁from ▁the ▁high ▁Middle ▁A ges ▁and ▁was ▁to ▁continue ▁into ▁that ▁of ▁the ▁Scottish ▁and ▁other ▁European ▁empir ic ists . ▁According ▁to ▁Alexander ▁Broad ie , ▁Major ' s ▁influence ▁on ▁this ▁latter ▁tradition ▁reached ▁as ▁far ▁as ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁and ▁ 1 9 th ▁century ▁Scottish ▁School ▁of ▁Common ▁S ense ▁initi ated ▁by ▁Thomas ▁Re id . ▁The ▁highly ▁logical ▁and ▁technical ▁approach ▁of ▁Med ieval ▁philosophy ▁– ▁perhaps ▁added ▁to ▁by ▁Major ' s ▁poor ▁written ▁style ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁his ▁ad her ence ▁to ▁the ▁Catholic ▁party ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁Re formation ▁– ▁explain ▁in ▁some ▁part ▁why ▁this ▁influence ▁is ▁still ▁somewhat ▁occ l ud ed . ▁ ▁Human ▁rights ▁More ▁obviously ▁influ ential ▁was ▁his ▁moral ▁philosophy , ▁not ▁primarily ▁because ▁of ▁his ▁cas u istry ▁– ▁an ▁approach ▁acknowled ging ▁the ▁complexity ▁of ▁individual ▁cases . ▁This ▁was ▁later ▁so ▁strong ▁in ▁Jes uit ▁teaching , ▁possibly ▁related ▁to ▁the ▁Major ' s ▁ren own ▁in ▁Spain ▁mentioned ▁above . ▁His ▁legal ▁views ▁were ▁also ▁influ ential . ▁His ▁Comment aries ▁on ▁the ▁Sent ences ▁of ▁Peter ▁Lomb ard ▁was ▁most ▁certainly ▁studied ▁and ▁quoted ▁in ▁the ▁deb ates ▁at ▁Burg os ▁in ▁ 1 5 1 2 , ▁by ▁Fr à y ▁Anton ▁Mont es ino , ▁a ▁gradu ate ▁of ▁Sal aman ca . ▁This ▁" deb ate ▁unique ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁emp ires ", ▁as ▁Hugh ▁Thomas ▁calls ▁it , ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁recognition ▁in