Peter Abelard - Wikipedia
WEBPeter Abelard (/ ˈ æ b ə l ɑːr d /; French: Pierre Abélard; Latin: Petrus Abaelardus or Abailardus; c. 1079 – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician.
Peter Abelard | 12th Century French Theologian & Poet
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Peter Abelard was a French theologian and philosopher best known for his solution of the problem of universals and for his original use of dialectics. He is also known for his poetry and for his celebrated love affair with Héloïse. The outline of Abelard’s career is well known, largely because he.
Abelard, Peter | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
WEBPeter Abelard (1079-1142) was the preeminent philosopher of the twelfth century and perhaps the greatest logician of the middle ages. During his life he was equally famous as a poet and a composer, and might also have ranked as the preeminent theologian of his day had his ideas earned more converts and less condemnation.
Peter Abelard and his Theologia | Britannica
WEBPeter Abelard, (born 1079, Le Pallet, near Nantes, Brittany—died April 21, 1142, Priory of Saint-Marcel, near Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy), French theologian and philosopher. The son of a knight, he abandoned his inheritance to study philosophy. He became private tutor to Héloïse, niece of a canon in Paris, c. 1114.
Letters of Abelard and Heloise - Wikipedia
WEB12th century. The Letters of Abelard and Heloise are a series of passionate and intellectual correspondences written in Latin during the 12th century. The authors, Peter Abelard, a prominent theologian, and his pupil, Heloise, a gifted young woman later renowned as an abbess, exchanged these letters following their ill-fated love affair and ...
Peter Abelard | Encyclopedia.com
WEBJun 11, 2018 · Peter Abelard | Encyclopedia.com. People. Philosophy and Religion. Philosophy: Biographies. Peter Abelard. Abelard, Peter. views 2,042,336 updated Jun 11 2018. ABELARD, PETER (1079 – 1142), logician and Christian theologian. Peter Abelard was born at Le Pallet, outside of Nantes (Brittany).
Peter Abelard - Philosophy, Criticism & Legacy | Britannica
WEBApr 17, 2024 · Peter Abelard - Philosophy, Criticism & Legacy: About 1135 Abelard went to the Mont-Sainte-Geneviève outside Paris to teach, and he wrote in a blaze of energy and of celebrity. He produced further drafts of his Theologia in which he analyzed the sources of belief in the Trinity and praised the pagan philosophers of classical antiquity for ...
Peter Abelard - New World Encyclopedia
WEBPierre Abélard (in English, Peter Abelard) or Abailard (in English, Peter Abelard) or Abailard (1079 – April 21, 1142) was a preeminent French scholastic philosopher, often referred to as the “ Descartes of the twelfth century” due to his rationalist orientation, and regarded as a forerunner of Rousseau, Kant, and Lessing.
Peter Abelard - Medieval Studies - Oxford Bibliographies
WEBJul 27, 2016 · Peter Abelard (b. 1079–d. 1142) initially established his reputation in dialectic, as he describes in his Historia calamitatum (see citations under Letters: Editions and Letters: Translations ).
Peter Abelard | Simply Philosophy
WEBPeter Abelard (1079 in Pale, near Nantes – April 21, 1142, Chalon) – philosopher, theologian, poet; the founder of conceptualism. Abelard was called the “troubadour of philosophy,” “knight of dialectics.” Born in Brittany in a knightly family. Refused the right of a major, became a cleric schoolboy.
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