Author: Peter Abelard

Quotes

I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.

I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.

- Peter Abelard

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.

By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.

- Peter Abelard

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.

It is by doubting that we come to investigate, and by investigating that we recognize the truth.

- Peter Abelard

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.

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.

- Peter Abelard

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

The men who abandon themselves to the passions of this miserable life, are compared in Scripture to beasts.

- Peter Abelard

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