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Article: The Philosophy of Peter Abelard.(Review) (book reviews)
- Article from:
- The Review of Metaphysics
- Article date:
- March 1, 1999
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MARENBON, John. The Philosophy of Peter Abelard. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. xx + 373 pp. Cloth, $59.95--From the outset Marenbon contends that in treating Peter Abelard as a critic and logician only, most scholars have neglected the originality of thought which Abelard brought to the questions of his day: "The aim of this book is to show that... [Abelard's] was more than a fleeting superficial brilliance. He was a constructive and, at times, systematic philosopher; and, although it is certainly true that he (like many of his contemporaries) used the methods of logic in treating Christian doctrine, his theology is remarkable for much more than its method" ...