Peter Abelard Petrus Abaelardus
scholar · Paris, France · 1079–1142
A logician and theologian who drew crowds of students in Paris. After losing everything through his love for his pupil Heloise, he set down his misfortunes in one long letter.
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Often examples do more than words to stir or to soothe human feelings.
Sepe humanos affectus aut provocant aut mittigant amplius exempla quam verba.The Story of My Misfortunes (Historia calamitatum), the first sentence
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