In the old days one merely gawked at these unfortunates. Donahue's genius is to get them to talk.

Charles Krauthammer, 1950 –
Pierre Abelard biography at QuotationFun

A Short Biography of Pierre Abelard

Author Name:

Pierre Abelard

Born As:

Pierre le Pallet, in Le Pallet, about 10 miles (16 km) east of Nantes, in Brittany.

Other Names:

Peter Abelard

Born:

1709

Died:

21 Apr 1142




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Scholastic philosopher, theologian, logician and composer                          
Selected Works:


Logica ingredientibus - Logic for Beginners, completed before 1121, the most important logical work
Petri Abaelardi Glossae in Porphyrium - The Glosses of Peter Abailard on Porphyry, ca. 1120
Dialectica, before 1125 - 1115–1116 according to John Marenbon, The Philosophy of Peter Abélard, Cambridge University Press 1997,
Logica nostrorum petitioni sociorum - Logic in response to the request of our comrades, ca. 1124-1125
Tractatus de intellectibus - A treatise on understanding, before 1128
Sic et Non - A list of quotations from Christian authorities on philosophical and theological questions,; an English translation: Throop, Priscilla, trans., YES AND NO: Peter Abélard's SIC ET NON, Charlotte, Vermont: MedievalMS, 2007
Theologia 'Summi Boni', Theologia christiana, and Theologia 'scholarium'. His main work on systematic theology written between 1120 and 1140, and appeared in a number of versions under a number of titles - shown in chronological order
Dialogue of a Philosopher with a Jew and a Christian, 1136–1139
Ethics or Know Yourself - Ethica or Scito Te Ipsum,, before 1140
Historia calamitatum - The history of my calamities, Autobiography in epistolary form. Available at Fordham Medieval Sourcebook
Abélard & Héloïse: The Letters and other Writings, translated with introduction and notes, by William Levitan, 2007
Planctus. Consolatoria, Confessio fidei, by M. Sannelli, La Finestra editrice, Lavis 2013 .
                          
Mother Not stated
Father Berengar
Partner Héloïse d’Argenteuil, one son, Astrolabe.                          
                          
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Abelard

The Lost Love Letters of Héloïse and Abélard, a set of 113 anonymous love letters found in a 15th-century manuscript, represent the correspondence exchanged by Héloïse and Abélard during the earlier phase of their affair. These are not to be confused with the accepted Letters of Abélard and Héloïse which were written nearly fifteen years after their romance ended.