num_pages: 396
description: This book offers a major reassessment of the philosophy of Peter Abelard (1079-1142), which shows that he was a far more constructive and wider-ranging thinker than has usually been supposed. It combines detailed historical discussion, based on published and manuscript sources, with philosophical analysis that aims to make clear Abelard's central arguments about the nature of things, language and the mind, and about morality. Although the book concentrates on these philosophical questions, it places them within their theological and wider intellectual context.
language: English
title: The Philosophy of Peter Abelard
titlecomplete: The Philosophy of Peter Abelard
characters: Pierre Abélard
genres: Religion, Nonfiction, History, Philosophy
ratings_count: 16
publisher: Cambridge University Press