Abailard
Americannoun
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It was with the forgotten elegance of Athens that Abailard spoke, preaching as he did so the indulgence of God, the rehabilitation of the flesh, the inferiority of fear, love’s superiority.
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Abailard’s frigid and methodical answers were headed “To the bride of Christ,” or else “To my sister in Christ, from Abailard, her brother.”
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Abailard at the time was nearly thirty-eight, Héloïse not quite eighteen.
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When Héloïse was in her convent there could have been no such meditation, yet, she loved Abailard as fervently as before.
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Abailard, fascinating and gifted, was familiar with Greek and Hebrew, attainments then prodigious to which he added other abilities, the art of calming men while disturbing women—among others a young Parisian, Héloïse, herself a miracle of erudition and of beauty.
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