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French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician (c.1079-1142)
Also known as: Petrus Abaelardus, Abailard, Abelard, Abelardus, P. Abelard, Pedro Abelardo
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Héloïse d’Argenteuil1101–1164ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetLatin letters on love, monastic life and learning that form a direct counterpart to Abelard's correspondence. (AI reason)
Anselm of Canterbury1033–1109ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetEarly scholastic theology that applies dialectical reasoning to questions of faith. (AI reason)
Bernard of Clairvaux1091–1153ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetTwelfth-century monastic theology, sermons and letters that debate the same questions Abelard raised. (AI reason)
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Systematic theological compilation shaped by the sic-et-non method of reconciling authorities. (AI reason)
Boethius480–524ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetLatin logic and philosophical consolation that underpin Abelard's dialectic. (AI reason)
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Augustine of Hippo354–430ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetConfessional autobiography and theology that anticipate the Historia Calamitatum. (AI reason)
John of Salisbury1110–1180ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetTwelfth-century humanist Latin prose on logic, education and the Paris schools. (AI reason)
Hildegard of Bingen1098–1179ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetTwelfth-century liturgical hymns and theological writing in a monastic setting. (AI reason)
Thomas Aquinas1225–1274ReportAI suggestion, no reader data yetMature scholastic method of question and disputation that grew out of Abelard's approach. (AI reason)
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Contemporary Paris school theology and exegesis, including writing on the Creation. (AI reason)
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- Héloïse et Abélard (1880)
- The letters and other writings (2005)
- A dialogue of a philosopher with a Jew, and a Christian (1979)
- Peter Abelard, Collationes (2001)
- Ethical writings (1995)