Peter Abelard
Peter Abelard
Peter Abelardwas a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician. His affair with and love for Héloïse d'Argenteuil has become legendary. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th Century"...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionPhilosopher
CountryFrance
doubt investigating
It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.
world logic made
Logic has made me hated in the world.
keys firsts questioning
The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning.
language intellect
Language is generated by the intellect and generates the intellect.
christmas world might
The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of Himself.
doubt enquiry perceive
By doubting we are led to enquire, and by enquiry we perceive the truth.
doubt inquiry
By doubting we come to inquiry. By inquiry we come to Truth.