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• Abélard
  Abélard

  noun

  Pierre Peter Abelard, 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.
• Abelard
  Abelard

  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

Abélard

American  

[ab-uh-lahrd, a-bey-lar] / ˈæb əˌlɑrd, a beɪˈlar /

noun

1. Pierre Peter Abelard, 1079–1142, French scholastic philosopher, teacher, and theologian. His love affair with Heloïse is one of the famous romances in history.

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Abelard British  

/ ˈæbəˌlɑːd /

noun

1. 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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Abélard Abelard

That he and Abélard disagreed was only natural, but Abélard's statement that he argued William into abandoning the basic principles of his philosophy is certainly untrue.

From Historia Calamitatum by Abelard, Peter

Thanks to his machinations, Abélard was compelled to recant at the Council of Sens, and was condemned by the Pope to eternal silence.

From The Evolution of Love by Schleussner, Ellie

For Héloïse and Abélard were not merely among the finest intellects of the Middle Ages; they were both, in different ways, to the highest degree passionately innovating natures.

From Renaissance Fancies and Studies Being a Sequel to Euphorion by Lee, Vernon

In the discussion of them Abélard collects passages from the scriptures and from the fathers in favour of two distinctly opposite solutions.

From History of Free Thought in Reference to The Christian Religion by Farrar, Adam Storey

In the quarrel which sprung up between the saint and Abélard, he took the part of the latter.

From A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance by Jusserand, Jean Jules

The Morgan family keep up the pressure on the Met, and a new investigation - Operation Abelard - begins in the summer of 2001.

From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2021

The new rigor of education and the expansion of cathedral schools, helped in part by the popularity of figures like Abelard, led in turn to the emergence of the first true universities.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2020

No question but that you'd be an exceptional Eloise, but what actor could they possibly find to match you playing Abelard??

From New York Times ● Nov. 28, 2017

We may not rank up there with Héloïse and Abelard, but then neither did most 12th-century correspondents.

From Slate ● Sep. 18, 2016

“You are talking to Abelard Hassam di Chirico Flint—for short, Abel.”

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig