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Calamitatum Of The Individual
Title: Calamitatum Of The Individual
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 1461 | Pages: 6.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Calamitatum Of The Individual
Calamitatum Of The Individual
In the realm of critical thinking, Abelard undoubtedly ranked highly in his day. He was an expert dialectician, philosopher and theologian, and as a result led a movement towards individual thinking. He traveled a lonely path of individuality, and when his ideas were suppressed, he found different ways to express his individuality. The beginning of his life was marked by extreme personal freedom. As his journey through life continued, he found himself compounded with innumerable restrictions. The role of monk could …showed first 85 words of 1461 total…
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…showed last 85 words of 1461 total…his only constant. Even though in closing Abelard says, "This is my experience all the time; a poor monk raised to be an abbot, the more wretched as I have become more wealthy, in order that my example may curb the ambition of those who have deliberately chosen a similar course." (p.104, ll. 18-21), it is painfully clear that the lone path of individuality was the only route for him.
Selected Works
Betty Radice, The Letters of Abelard and Heloise. Penguin Books Ltd.: Harmonsworth, Middlesex, England. 1974.
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