Abélard
Pierre [pee-air; French pyer], /piˈɛər; French pyɛr/, Peter Abelard, 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.
- Also Abailard.
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How to use Abélard in a sentence
His hostility to Abélard was direful, since he looked upon him as undermining Christianity and extinguishing faith in the world.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordHe was also influenced to make this exposition by the "Sic et Non" of Abélard, which tended to unsettle belief.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordHe went even further than this: he attempted to harmonize philosophy with religion, as Abélard did afterwards.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordThe Scholastic philosophy sent forth such daring thinkers as Erigena and Abélard.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume V | John LordSuch was Abélard's precocious ability, even as a youth, that no champion could be found to refute him in the whole of Brittany.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume VII | John Lord
British Dictionary definitions for Abelard
/ (ˈæbəˌlɑːd) /
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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