Peter Abelard
1078 – April 14, 1142
Place of Birth:
Le Pallet near Nantes
Place of Death:
Abbey of Saint-Marcel near Chalon-sur-Saône
Peter Abelard (ˈæb.ə.lɑrd; or Abailardus; Pierre Abélard, a.be.laːʁ; 1079 – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian, and preeminent logician. His love for, and affair with, Héloïse d'Argenteuil has become legendary. The Chambers Biographical Dictionary describes him as "the keenest thinker and boldest theologian of the 12th Century".