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The Story of My Misfortunes

By Pierre Abélard; Henry Adams Bellows; Ralph Adams Cram

Book information

Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2013
ISBN
9780486164519, 0486164519
Language
english
Format
AZW3
Filesize
1 MB (1223130 bytes)
Pages
112\0
Library
Mobilism
Time added
2023-06-29 02:32:41

Description

In this classic of medieval literature, a brilliant and daring thinker relates the spellbinding story of his philosophical and spiritual enlightenment--and the tale of his tragic personal life as well. Peter Ab(r)lard paints an absorbing portrait of monastic and scholastic life in twelfth-century Paris, while also recounting the circumstances and consequences of one of historyOCOs most famous love stories--his doomed romance with Heloise.Considered the founder of the University of Paris, Ab(r)lard was instrumental in promoting the use of the dialectical method in Western education. He regarded theology as the handmaiden of knowledge and believed that through reason, people could attain a greater knowledge of God. By doubting, he declared, we come to inquire, and by inquiry we arrive at truth. Ab(r)lard's tendency to leave questions open for discussion made him a target for frequent charges of heresy, and all his works were eventually included in the church's Index of Forbidden Books. Unfortunately, Ab(r)lardOCOs reputation as a philosopher is often overshadowed by his renown as a lover.In addition to its value as a scholarly treatise, "The Story of My Misfortunes" offers the rare opportunity to observe a legendary romance from the point of view of one of its participants."

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