Quote of the day
War is not its own end, except in some catastrophic slide into absolute damnation. It's peace that's wanted. Some better peace than the one you started with.
Peter Abelard
Born: 1079
Died: April 21, 1142 (aged 63)
Bio: Peter Abelard was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, theologian and preeminent logician. His affair with and love for Héloïse d'Argenteuil has become legendary.
Known for:
- The Letters of Abelard and Heloise
- The letters and other writings
- Abelard: Ethical Writings
- Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans