Definition of Abelard

1. Noun. French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142).


Definition of Abelard

1. Proper noun. Peter Abelard (1079-1142); French philosopher and theologian. ¹

2. Proper noun. (rare) (Germanic male given name). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Abelard

Abdulmalik
Abdunnasir
Abe
Abecedarian
Abecedarians
Abednego
Abegg's rule
Abel
Abel's bacillus
Abel Janszoon Tasman
Abel Tasman
Abel test
Abel tests
Abelam
Abelams
Abelard (current term)
Abelian
Abelian algebra
Abelian algebras
Abelian group
Abelite
Abelites
Abell-Kendall method
Abellen Ayta
Abelmoschus
Abelmoschus esculentus
Abelmoschus moschatus
Abelonian
Abelonians
Abelson

Literary usage of Abelard

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A History of Philosophy by Frank Thilly (1914)
"PETER Abelard AND THE SCHOOLMEN OF THE TWELFTH CENTURY The most ... Abelard seems to occupy middle ground between the nominalism of Roscelin and the ..."

2. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1907)
"It was the fame of Abelard which first drew to the streets of Paris the hordes of students whose presence involved that multiplication of masters by whom ..."

3. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1902)
"O Abelard, ill-fated youth, Thy tale will justify this truth: But well I weet ... The epistle of "Eloise to Abelard" is one of the most happy productions of ..."

4. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Anselm's method is Abelard. marked by the following points: (1) he was a realist, ... Abelard, believing that the substance of church doctrine was n harmony ..."

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