Peter Abelard

Historia Calamitatum (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"e;Historia Calamitatum"e; by Peter Abelard is a poignant autobiographical memoir. In this timeless work, Abelard reflects on the tumultuous events that shaped his life, offering readers a candid and introspective account of his journey from intellectual bril

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Double9 Books
• Seitenzahl: 76
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2024
• ISBN-13: 9789362209559
• Artikelnr.: 72389154

Autorenporträt

Peter Abelard (1079.1142), the brilliant and controversial author of this medieval autobiography, revolutionized scholastic philosophy with his dialectical methods while becoming one of the Middle Ages' most tragic intellectual figures. Born in Le Pallet, Brittany, to a knightly family, he abandoned military inheritance for the "armor of dialectic," studying under Roscelin and William of Champeaux before overtaking his masters. His legendary Paris lectures at Notre-Dame (1100s) established the prototype for university teaching, though his affair with Heloise detailed in Historia Calamitatum led to physical mutilation and monastic exile. Subsequent works like Sic et Non and Ethica pioneered critical theological analysis, earning condemnations from Bernard of Clairvaux but inspiring generations of logicians. After founding the Paraclete monastery and reforming Saint-Gildas, Abelard died at Cluny, having fundamentally reshaped medieval thought on intention, language, and the Trinity. Modern scholarship recognizes him as the first great autobiographical voice of the Middle Ages, with Historia Calamitatum serving as both personal catharsis and a manifesto for intellectual freedom against institutional dogma.