# Peter Abelard
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peter abelard (12 February 1079 – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic, philosopher, leading logician, theologian, teacher, musician, composer, and poet.
In philosophy he is celebrated for his logical solution to the problem of universals via nominalism and conceptualism and his pioneering of intent in ethics. Often referred to as the "Descartes of the twelfth century", he is considered a forerunner of Rousseau, Kant, and Spinoza.
Medieval Paris Awakens (1000-1180)
Medieval Paris Awakens (1000-1180)
From the hill of Montmartre, watch a sleeping city wake. Empty fields transform into the busiest commercial markets in Christendom. Marshland becomes the intellectual center of Europe. Churches rise in stone. And a young king marries a woman who will gift half his…
Peter Abelard & Heloise
folks, today we tackle longtime frenemy of the podcast: Peter Abelard. he's a very interesting historical figure for his positively cutting edge ideas in numerous fields of study and is singled out and oppressed by the Church and clergy but he's also most famous for an extremely problematic relatio…
The World Cup of Philosophy: Quarterfinals
In this episode, Jack and I get stuck into the last eightinternational teams left in the World Cup of Philosophy here at FFP. For the quarters, lots of teams have brought in some fresh faces too, it’s practically super sub central!
Have you heard about the scientific anarchist, Paul Feyerabend? How…
Bearing Our Sins: Why the Cross Is More Than a Moral Example
Deep Dive into Bearing Our Sins: Why the Cross Is More Than a Moral Example
The provided sources argue that reducing the cross of Jesus Christ to a mere moral example is a destructive error that undermines the core of the Christian gospel. While First Peter 2:21–25 presents Christ's patient, nonre…
Letting Go of Cosmic Child Abuse
On her LDS mission in Bulgaria, Katie taught people that every sin debits a cosmic bank account, that Jesus paid it, and that he set the terms for paying him back. It worked for her for a long time. Until it didn't.
In this solo episode she walks through many of the motifs the church has used to d…
Peter Abelard (Elder Nick Anderson)
Elder Nick Anderson continues our Reformation series on influential thinkers from the Middle Ages by looking at Peter Abelard during our Sunday school class on 10/18/26.
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