Peter Abelard
Quotes by Peter Abelard
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We do many things carelessly or unwillingly, but nothing studiously unless we are willing and apply ourselves.
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We do many things carelessly or unwillingly, but nothing studiously unless we are willing and apply ourselves.
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Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away, mocked, scourged, buffeted, spit upon, crowned with thorns, hung upon the infamous cross between two thieves, finally in such a horrible and execrable manner suffering death, for your salvation and that of the world?
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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.
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By doubting we are led to question, by questioning we arrive at the truth.
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The first key to wisdom is assiduous and frequent questioning ... For by doubting we come to inquiry, and by inquiry we arrive at truth.
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