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Abelard

Type Figure Region France Time 1079–1142 Also known as Peter Abelard、Pierre Abélard、彼得·阿伯拉尔

Abelard (1079–1142) was a twelfth-century French scholastic philosopher and theologian known for dialectical theology and nominalism, whose letters a…

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  1. 1079–1100Le Pallet · Loire-AtlantiqueAbelard was born near Le Pallet in Brittany to a noble family, showed early eloquence, and later studied in various places, laying the groundwork for his later teaching and theological controversies in Paris and elsewhere.
  2. 1100–1142Paris · Île-de-FranceAbelard taught logic and theology in Paris and elsewhere, reinterpreting questions of faith dialectically, proposing nominalism and challenging the orthodoxy of the time, repeatedly condemned by the Church; his work Sic et Non had lasting influence.

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