Abelard

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Ab·e·lard (

-lärd

) also A·bé·lard (ä-b

-lär

), Peter or Pierre 1079-1142.

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.

Abelard [ˈæbəˌlɑːd]

(Biographies / Abelard, Peter (1079-1142) M, French, MISC: scholar, PHILOSOPHY: philosopher, RELIGION: theologian) 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 Hëloïse is recorded in their correspondence

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

Peter Abelard, Pierre Abelard

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Bernard of Clairvaux Heloise Héloise Héloïse Innocent II Peter Abelard philosophy Pierre Abelard			This is the grave of Abelard and Heloise--a grave which has been more revered, more widely known, more written and sung about and wept over, for seven hundred years, than any other in Christendom save only that of the Saviour. The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context The shadow Monte Cristo had noticed passed rapidly behind the tomb of Abelard and Heloise, placed itself close to the heads of the horses belonging to the hearse, and following the undertaker's men, arrived with them at the spot appointed for the burial. The Count of Monte Cristo by Dumas, Alexandre View in context			abduction abductor abductor muscle Abdul Rahman Abdul-Hamid II Abdul-Jabbar Abdullah Abdullah ibn-Husein Abdullah II abeam abeam replenishment Abear Abearance Abearing abecedarian Abecedarian psalms abecedarium abecedarius abecedary abed Abednego Abegge Abel Abel Janszoon Tasman Abel Tasman Abelard abele abelia Abelian abelian group Abelmoschus Abelmoschus esculentus Abelmoschus moschatus abelmosk Abelson Abenaki ABEND Abeokuta Aber-de-vine Abercrombie Aberdare Aberdeen Aberdeen Angus Aberdeen terrier Aberdeenshire aberdevine Aberdonian Aberfan Abernathy abernethy Aberr			Abel Tasman Abel Tasman Abel Tasman Educational Trust Abel Tasman National Park Abel tester Abel theorem Abel's equation Abel's functional equation Abel's inequality Abel's integral equation Abel's problem Abel's summation method Abel's theorem Abel, I. W. Abel, John J. Abel, John Jacob Abel, Niels Henrik Abel, Niels Henrik Abel, Othenio Abel, Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, Thomas Abel-beth-maachah Abel-maim Abel-meholah Abel-mizraim Abel-shittim Abel-shittim Abelard Abélard Abélard Abélard and Héloïse Abelard, Peter Abelard, Peter Abélard, Peter Abélard, Peter Abélard, Pierre Abelcet Abelcet Abelcet abele Abelene Abelene abeles abelia Abelia Bedriftsrådgiverforening Abelian Abelian algebra Abelian and tauberian theorems Abelian Class Field Theory Abelian Defect Group Conjecture Abelian domain Abelian extension Abelian extensions Abelian field Abelian group Abelian group Abelian groups Abelian groups

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