1. Abelard - Noun
2. Abelard - Proper noun
French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise (1079-1142)
Source: WordNetAbelard continued to press for a public debate, and made his challenge widely known, making it hard for Bernard to decline. Source: Internet
Bernard denounced the teachings of Peter Abelard to the pope, who called a council at Sens in 1141 to settle the matter. Source: Internet
Hence the universal is not a mere word, as Roscelin taught, nor a sermo, as Abelard held, namely the word as used in the sentence, but the mental substitute for real things, and the term of the reflective process. Source: Internet
But she just laughed in its face and told it: “You hit like a kitten!” because in less than a year, Abelard had recovered so well, though not fully, but well enough to walk around and be back to her cheerful and loving self. Source: Internet
An important work in this tradition was the Logica Ingredientibus of Peter Abelard (1079–1142). Source: Internet
However, Abelard continued to develop his teachings, which were controversial in some quarters. Source: Internet