Tao Te Ching
Peter Abelard Pierre Abélard
1079 – 1142 CE
Peter Abelard, Pierre Abélard (1079 – 1142)
Described as "the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th Century,” Abelard was on a strong path to becoming a pope when he fell in love with Héloïse and instead wrote some of the most important books of his era while becoming a legend in the history of romantic love, of inner certainty over external, status quo coersion. In his early life, thousands of students coming from many countries came to hear him teach. His fame and admiration immense, but his love of Héloïse led to his castration by her uncle, his becoming a monk, and her becoming a nun. This challenged the physical side of their relationship but their deep emotional bond continued through letters written the rest of their lives.
Lineages
Apostles of Doubt Christian French Romanticist
Eras
Chinese
5 Kingdom of Dali 大理国 (937 – 1253 CE)Northern Song (960 – 1127 CE)
Southern Song (1127 – 1279 CE)
Liao dynasty (907 – 1125 CE)
Jin dynasty (1115 – 1234 CE)
Western Xia 西夏 (1038 – 1227 CE)
Western Liao (1124 – 1218 CE)
Sources
Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew, and a Christian
Unlisted Sources
Quotes by Peter Abelard (9 quotes)
“the first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning… for by doubting we come to inquiry, and by inquiring we arrive at truth”
from Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew, and a Christian
Chapters:
65. Simplicity: the Hidden Power of Goodness
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“'Tis a thousand times more easy to renounce the world than love.”
from Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew, and a Christian
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“to the prizes of victory in war I preferred the battle of minds in disputation.”
from Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew, and a Christian
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“Nothing can be believed unless it is first understood; and that for any one to preach to others that which either he has not understood nor they have understood is absurd.”
from Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew, and a Christian
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“God considers not the action, but the spirit of the action.”
from Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew, and a Christian
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“Nothing exits outside of our minds... all general ideas are conceptions formed as tools”
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“Those who recommend faith without understanding are in many cases seeking to cover up their inability to teach faith intelligibly”
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“It is the intention, not the deed wherein the merit or praise of the doer consists.”
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“Is not the supreme end of philosophy to search out by means of reason the truth that opinions and substitute in their place, the reign of reason in all things?”
from Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jew, and a Christian
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Quotes about Peter Abelard (2 quotes)
“Abelard was not only the greatest philosopher of his time but a crucial moment in the evolution of the humanitarian mind.”
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“Abélard—not merely a philosopher nor as a flame that set the mind of Latin Europe afire in the twelfth-century; but as, with Héloïse, part and personification of the morals and literature and highest fascination of their time.”
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