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Peter 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, (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.
Jun 11, 2018 · The French philosopher and theologian Peter Abelard (1079-1142) was a leading thinker of the Middle Ages. His reputation outside academic circles is based upon his more human qualities as reflected in his love affair with Heloise.
Peter Abelard ( / ˈæbəlɑːrd /; 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. Quick Facts Born, Died ... Close.
Dec 21, 2023 · A biography on Pierre/Peter Abelard, with dates, maps, a bibliography, and discussion of his writings and impact on the world.
Apr 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 (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.
