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Abelard

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Noun

1. abelard, peter abelard, pierre abelard

French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142)

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Abelard

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noun
Peter. French name Pierre Abélard. 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher and theologian whose works include Historia Calamitatum and Sic et Non (1121). His love for Héloïse is recorded in their correspondence

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Abelard

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Pierre1079-1142; Fr. philosopher, teacher, & theologian
see also Héloïse: Eng. name Peter Abelard (ˈæbəˌlɑrd ; abˈəlärdˌ)

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Abelard

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French theologian, philosopher, and composer whose nominalist application of the principles of ancient Greek logic to the doctrines of the medieval Catholic Church led to charges of heresy. He had a love affair with his pupil Héloise, whom he secretly married after she bore him a child; her family was angered and had him castrated, after which he became a monk.

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