Peter Abelard

A translation of the complete correspondence of Abelard and Heloise, this volume also includes a translation of "The Calamities of Abelard", of the letters of Heloise and Peter the Venerable, and of selected songs, hymns, and laments of Abelard. It also includes a chronology, map, and index.

The story of Abelard and Heloise remains one of the world's most celebrated and tragic love affairs. Through their letters, we follow the path of their romance from its reckless and ecstatic beginnings when Heloise became Abelard's pupil, through the suffering of public scandal and enforced secret marriage, to their eventual separation.

Peter Abelard (1079-1142) is widely recognized as one of the most important writers of the twelfth century, famed for his skill in logic as well as his romance with Heloise. Even among Abelard's writings, the Collationes - or Dialogue between a Christian, a Philosopher, and a Jew - are remarkable for their daring and intellectual imaginativeness. Written probably c.1130, the work contains the fullest exposition of many aspects of abelard's ethics, the only statement of his unusual eschatological theory, and some of his most interesting ideas about faith and the relationship between theism and revealed religion This is the first full critical edition of the Collationes. Based on an entirely new collation of the manuscripts, it provides a facing-page English translation, detailed notes, and an extensive historical and philosophical introduction.

Peter Abaelard (1079-1142) war die herausragende Gestalt im intellektuellen Aufbruch des zw lften Jahrhunderts: der zweimal als Ketzer verurteilte "Sokrates der Gallier". Mit besonderem Stolz blickte Abaelard zeitlebens auf seine 'Theologia Summi boni', in der er die dogmatischen S tze der Trinit tslehre mit Analogien aus der menschlichen Vernunft erl utert und gegen 'Mi brauchdialektiker' verteidigt hatte. F r diese kommentierte zweisprachige Ausgabe wurde das Werk erstmals ins Deutsche bertragen. Der lateinische Text folgt der Edition von H. Ostlender unter Ber cksichtigung der Abweichungen der Edition C. Mews.

Abelard's major ethical writings--Ethics, or Know Yourself, and Dialogue between a Philosopher, a Jew and a Christian, are presented here in a student edition including cross-references, explanatory notes, a full table of references, bibliography, and index.

An edition with introduction, English translation, and notes by D. E. Luscombe.