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Peter Abelard

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Noun

1. abelard, peter abelard, pierre abelard

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Peter 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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Peter Abelard

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

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Peter 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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