The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)

Abelard, Peter; D'Argenteuil, Héloïse

ISBN 10: 1774769573 / ISBN 13: 9781774769577

Edité par Royal Classics, 2022

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• Titre: The Letters of Abelard and Heloise (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket)
• Éditeur: Royal Classics
• Date de parution: 2022
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1774769573
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781774769577
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• État de l'article: New

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Peter Abelard was a Medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer, and musician. Heloise was his young student, famous as the most well-educated and intelligent woman in Paris at the time. Abelard was surrounded by students drawn from all countries by the fame of his teaching. At the height of his fame, he encountered romance that stands the test of time.

The Letters of Abelard and Heloise is a collection of letters between the couple, originally written in Latin in the twelfth century. In the eighteenth century, the couple was effectively revered as romantic saints; for some, they were forerunners of modernity, at odds with the ecclesiastical and monastic structures of their day and to be celebrated more for rejecting the traditions of the past than for any particular intellectual achievement. The collection of the letters is an important source for readers who are curious about the story of Abelard and Héloïse which was immensely popular in modern European culture.

This case laminate collector's edition includes a Victorian-inspired dust jacket.

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Peter Abelard (c. 1079 - 21 April 1142) was a Medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician. In philosophy he is celebrated for his logical solution to the problem of universals via nominalism and conceptualism and his pioneering of intent in ethics. Often referred to as the "Descartes of the twelfth century," he is considered a forerunner of Rousseau, Kant, and Spinoza. He is sometimes credited as a chief forerunner of modern empiricism. In history and popular culture, he is best known for his passionate and tragic love affair, and intense philosophical exchange, with his brilliant student and eventual wife, Héloïse d'Argenteuil.

Héloïse d'Argenteuil (c. 1100-01 - 16 May 1163-64) was a French nun, philosopher, writer, scholar, and abbess. Héloïse was a renowned "woman of letters" and philosopher of love and friendship, as well as an eventual high-ranking abbess in the Catholic Church. She achieved approximately the level and political power of a bishop in 1147 when she was granted the rank of prelate nullius.