Pierre Abélard

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born

December 26, 1078 in Le Pallet, France

died

April 14, 1142

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Average rating: 3.67 · 1,094 ratings · 99 reviews · 24 distinct works

	The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse by Pierre Abélard, Héloïse d'Argenteuil, Betty Radice (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 1,087 ratings — published 1139 — 63 editions	My rating:
	The Story of My Misfortunes by Pierre Abélard, Henry Adams Bellows (Translator), Ralph Adams Cram (Introduction) 3.67 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1135 — 43 editions	My rating:
	Forbidden Fruit: From The Letters of Abelard and Heloise by Pierre Abélard, Heloise, Peter Abelard 2.91 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1974 — 3 editions	My rating:
	[Ethica. English].: Ethical Writings His Ethics or "Know Yourself" and His Dialogue Between a Philosopher, a Jews and a Christian by Peter Abelard, Paul Vincent Spade 3.63 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1139 — 11 editions	My rating:
	Sic Et Non: A Critical Edition by Pierre Abélard, Richard Peter McKeon 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1120 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Ethics 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 3 editions	My rating:
	Теологические трактаты by Pierre Abélard, S.S. Neretina (Editor), Светлана Неретина (Editor) 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	My rating:
	The Love Sonnets of Abelard and Heloise by Pierre Abélard, Héloïse 1.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2010	My rating:
	Abelard and Heloise: A Mediaeval Romance, with the Letters of Heloise by Pierre Abélard, Héloïse 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Abailard et H by Pierre Abélard, Fran?ois Pierre G. Guizot 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	My rating:

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“Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease.”
― Pierre Abélard, The Letters of Abélard and Héloïse

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“The key to wisdom is this -- constant and frequent questioning ... for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive at the truth.”
― Pierre Abélard

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“Assiduous and frequent questioning is indeed the first key to wisdom... for by doubting we come to inquiry; through inquiring we perceive the truth...”
― Pierre Abélard, Sic Et Non: A Critical Edition

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