Peter Abelard Quote

By doubting we come to enquiry, and through enquiry we perceive truth.


Sic et Non [c.1120], Preface, in Sic et Non: A Critical Edition, B. Boyer and R. McKeon (eds.) (1970), 103, lines 338–339, quoted in M. T. Clanchy, Abelard, A Medieval Life (1997)


By doubting we come to enquiry, and through enquiry we perceive truth.

By doubting we come to enquiry, and through enquiry we perceive truth.

By doubting we come to enquiry, and through enquiry we perceive truth.

By doubting we come to enquiry, and through enquiry we perceive truth.