A report on Peter Abelard
Medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician.
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Héloïse
13 linksHéloïse (c. 1100–01?
Héloïse (c. 1100–01?
She is famous in history and popular culture for her love affair and correspondence with the leading medieval logician and theologian Peter Abelard, who became her colleague, collaborator and husband.
Scholasticism
3 linksMedieval school of philosophy that employed a critical organic method of philosophical analysis predicated upon the Aristotelian 10 Categories.
Medieval school of philosophy that employed a critical organic method of philosophical analysis predicated upon the Aristotelian 10 Categories.
The Scholastics, also known as Schoolmen, included as its main figures Anselm of Canterbury ("the father of scholasticism" ), Peter Abelard, Alexander of Hales, Albertus Magnus, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Bonaventure, and Thomas Aquinas.
Nominalism
2 linksView that universals and abstract objects do not actually exist other than being merely names or labels.
View that universals and abstract objects do not actually exist other than being merely names or labels.
Nominalist ideas can be found in the work of Peter Abelard and reached their flowering in William of Ockham, who was the most influential and thorough nominalist.
University of Paris
2 linksThe leading university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception of 1793–1806 under the French Revolution.
The leading university in Paris, France, active from 1150 to 1970, with the exception of 1793–1806 under the French Revolution.
These two schools attracted scholars from every country and produced many illustrious men, among whom were: St. Stanislaus of Szczepanów, Bishop of Kraków; Gebbard, Archbishop of Salzburg; St. Stephen, third Abbot of Cîteaux; Robert d'Arbrissel, founder of the Abbey of Fontevrault etc. Three other men who added prestige to the schools of Notre-Dame and Ste-Geneviève were William of Champeaux, Abélard, and Peter Lombard.
Faculty of Law of Paris
1 linksSecond-oldest faculty of law in the world and one of the four and eventually five faculties of the University of Paris ("the Sorbonne"), from the 12th century until 1970.
Second-oldest faculty of law in the world and one of the four and eventually five faculties of the University of Paris ("the Sorbonne"), from the 12th century until 1970.
Pierre Abélard, founder of modern law, was its precursor as a teacher at the cathedral school of Notre-Dame de Paris, Andrea Alciato, founder of legal humanism, was a professor there, and Saint Ivo, patron of the lawyers and "Advocate of the Poors" according to the Catholic Church, has studied there.
Roscellinus
2 linksRoscelin of Compiègne (c.
Roscelin of Compiègne (c.
Little is known of his life, and knowledge of his doctrines is mainly derived from Anselm and Abelard.
Bernard of Clairvaux
3 linksBurgundian abbot and a major leader in the revitalization of Benedictine monasticism through the nascent Cistercian Order.
Burgundian abbot and a major leader in the revitalization of Benedictine monasticism through the nascent Cistercian Order.
In 1139, Bernard attended the Second Council of the Lateran and criticized Peter Abelard vocally.
Moral influence theory of atonement
0 linksThe moral influence or moral example theory of atonement, developed or most notably propagated by Abelard (1079–1142), is an alternative to Anselm's satisfaction theory of atonement.
Castration
1 linksAny action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which an individual loses use of the testicles: the male gonad.
Any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which an individual loses use of the testicles: the male gonad.
Another victim of castration was the 12th-century medieval French philosopher, scholar, teacher, and (later) monk Pierre Abélard.
Conceptualism
1 linksTheory that explains universality of particulars as conceptualized frameworks situated within the thinking mind.
Theory that explains universality of particulars as conceptualized frameworks situated within the thinking mind.
Peter Abélard was a medieval thinker whose work is currently classified as having the most potential in representing the roots of conceptualism.