Amor ipse notitia est.
Love is already in itself a way of knowing.
If this is the case, surely it is a truth that has profound significance for the inner life and in particular for the life of prayer, as well as for the way we conceive the nature of the human person. Obviously, the way we understand our human nature will exert a strong influence on the concept we form of the way to arrive at its eventual fulfillment and perfection. This being the case, it is hardly surprising that St. Gregory's insightful statement was to make a forceful impact on a number of the most influential theologians and spiritual masters of the twelfth century. Blessed William of St. Thierry takes up this idea in several of his works, explicitly naming St. Gregory as his source. Disputatio Adversus Abelardum, c.