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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p2 | Inspired by Oehlenschlaeger and strongly encouraged by
Grundtvig, Ingemann in 1824 began the issuance of his famous historical
novels, based upon episodes from the romantic period of
Danish history during the 13th and 14th centuries. To some extent
the novels are modeled upon the similar works of Walter Scott but
are w... | <p id="s4.c17.ingemann-p2">Inspired by Oehlenschlaeger and strongly encouraged by
Grundtvig, Ingemann in 1824 began the issuance of his famous historical
novels, based upon episodes from the romantic period of
Danish history during the 13th and 14th centuries. To some extent
the novels are modeled upon the similar work... | [] | aaberg | Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark | Public domain. | 1945 | [
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p3 | Bernhard Severin Ingemann | <p class="center" id="s4.c17.ingemann-p3">Bernhard Severin Ingemann</p>
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p4 | Despite the great popularity of Ingemann’s secular writings,
it is, nevertheless, his hymns and spiritual songs which will preserve
his name the longest. His first collection of hymns, a small volume
of morning and evening songs, appeared in 1822. This collection
was followed in 1825 by a volume of church hymns, which ... | <p id="s4.c17.ingemann-p4">Despite the great popularity of Ingemann’s secular writings,
it is, nevertheless, his hymns and spiritual songs which will preserve
his name the longest. His first collection of hymns, a small volume
of morning and evening songs, appeared in 1822. This collection
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p5 | Ingemann’s hymns faithfully reflect his own serene and idealistic
nature. Their outstanding merits are a limpid, lyrical style
and an implicit trust in the essential goodness of life and its Author.
Of Kingo’s realistic conception of evil or Grundtvig’s mighty vision
of existence as a heroic battle between life and de... | <p id="s4.c17.ingemann-p5">Ingemann’s hymns faithfully reflect his own serene and idealistic
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p6 | The extreme lyrical quality and highly involved and irregular
metre of many of Ingemann’s hymns make them extremely
difficult to translate, and their English translations fail on the
whole to do justice. The translation given below is perhaps one of
the best. It is the work of the Rev. P. C. Paulsen. | <p id="s4.c17.ingemann-p6">The extreme lyrical quality and highly involved and irregular
metre of many of Ingemann’s hymns make them extremely
difficult to translate, and their English translations fail on the
whole to do justice. The translation given below is perhaps one of
the best. It is the work of the Rev. P. C. ... | [] | aaberg | Hymns and Hymnwriters of Denmark | Public domain. | 1945 | [
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p7 | The following hymn is also quite popular. | <p id="s4.c17.ingemann-p7">The following hymn is also quite popular.</p>
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p8 | The most beloved of all Ingemann’s hymns is his splendid
“Pilgrim Song.” | <p id="s4.c17.ingemann-p8">The most beloved of all Ingemann’s hymns is his splendid
“Pilgrim Song.”</p>
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p9 | This hymn is written to the tune of “Beautiful Savior” which
Ingemann, in common with many others, accepted as a marching
tune from the period of the crusades. Although this historic origin
has now been disproved, the tune united with Ingemann’s text
undoubtedly will remain the most beloved pilgrim song among
the Danis... | <p id="s4.c17.ingemann-p9">This hymn is written to the tune of “Beautiful Savior” which
Ingemann, in common with many others, accepted as a marching
tune from the period of the crusades. Although this historic origin
has now been disproved, the tune united with Ingemann’s text
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.ingemann-p10 | Of other hymns by Ingemann, which are now available in English,
we may mention “Jesus, My Savior, My Shepherd Blest,” “The
Country Lies in Deep Repose” and “I Live and I Know the Span
of My Years.” | <p id="s4.c17.ingemann-p10">Of other hymns by Ingemann, which are now available in English,
we may mention “Jesus, My Savior, My Shepherd Blest,” “The
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ccel/a/aaberg/hymnsdenmark.xml:s4.c17.late19cent-p1 | The last half of the 19th century also brought forth a number
of Danish hymnwriters of considerable merit, such as Chr. Richardt,
Pastor J. P. M. Paulli, Pastor Olfert Ricard and Pastor J. Schjorring.
The latter is especially known by one song which has been
translated into many languages and with which it seems approp... | <p id="s4.c17.late19cent-p1">The last half of the 19th century also brought forth a number
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Pastor J. P. M. Paulli, Pastor Olfert Ricard and Pastor J. Schjorring.
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p1 | The “Historia Calamitatum” of Peter Abélard is one of those human
documents, out of the very heart of the Middle Ages, that
illuminates by the glow of its ardour a shadowy period that has
been made even more dusky and incomprehensible by unsympathetic
commentators and the ill-digested matter of “source-books.” Like... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p1">The “Historia Calamitatum” of Peter Abélard is one of those human
documents, out of the very heart of the Middle Ages, that
illuminates by the glow of its ardour a shadowy period that has
been made even more dusky and incomprehensible by unsympathetic
commentators and the ill-digested m... | [] | abelard | Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes | null | null | [
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p2 | They are large assumptions, for this is not a period in world
history when the informing energy of life expresses itself through
such qualities, whereas the twelfth century was of precisely this
nature. The antecedent hundred years had seen the recovery from the
barbarism that engulfed Western Europe after the fall... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p2">They are large assumptions, for this is not a period in world
history when the informing energy of life expresses itself through
such qualities, whereas the twelfth century was of precisely this
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p3 | Pierre du Pallet, yclept Abélard, was born in 1079 and died in
1142, and his life precisely covers the period of the birth,
development and perfecting of that Gothic style of architecture
which is one of the great exemplars of the period. Actually, the
Norman development occupied the years from 1050 to 1125 while t... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p3">Pierre du Pallet, yclept Abélard, was born in 1079 and died in
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p4 | All these things, philosophy, art, personality, character, were the
product of the time, which, in its definiteness and consistency,
stands apart from all other epochs in history. The social system
was that of feudalism, a scheme of reciprocal duties, privileges
and obligations as between man and man that has never... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p4">All these things, philosophy, art, personality, character, were the
product of the time, which, in its definiteness and consistency,
stands apart from all other epochs in history. The social system
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p5 | Of course this admirable scheme of society with its guild system of
industry, its absence of usury in any form and its just sense of
comparative values, was shot through and through with religion both
in faith and practice. Catholicism was universally and implicitly
accepted. Monasticism had redeemed Europe from ba... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p5">Of course this admirable scheme of society with its guild system of
industry, its absence of usury in any form and its just sense of
comparative values, was shot through and through with religion both
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p6 | It was Catholicism and the spirit of feudalism that preserved men
from the dangers inherent in the immense individualism of the time.
With this powerful and penetrating coördinating force men were safe
to go about as far as they liked in the line of individuality,
whereas today, for example, the unifying force of a... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p6">It was Catholicism and the spirit of feudalism that preserved men
from the dangers inherent in the immense individualism of the time.
With this powerful and penetrating coördinating force men were safe
to go about as far as they liked in the line of individuality,
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p7 | In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, however, the balance is
justly preserved, though it was but an unstable equilibrium, and
therefore during the time of Abélard we find the widest diversity
of speculation and freedom of thought which continue unhampered for
more than a hundred years. The mystical school of th... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p7">In the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, however, the balance is
justly preserved, though it was but an unstable equilibrium, and
therefore during the time of Abélard we find the widest diversity
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p8 | At the time of Abélard the schools of Chartres and Paris were at
the height of their fame and power. Fulbert, Bernard and Thierry,
all of Chartres, had fixed its fame for a long period, and at Paris
Hugh and Richard of St. Victor and William of Champeaux were names
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all of Chartres, had fixed its fame for a long period, and at Paris
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p9 | Earlier in the Middle Ages the identity of theology and philosophy
had been proclaimed, following the Neo-Platonic and Augustinian
theory, and the latter (cf. Peter Damien and Duns Scotus Eriugena)
was even reduced to a position that made it no more than the
obedient handmaid of theology. In the eleventh century ho... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p9">Earlier in the Middle Ages the identity of theology and philosophy
had been proclaimed, following the Neo-Platonic and Augustinian
theory, and the latter (cf. Peter Damien and Duns Scotus Eriugena)
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p10 | Cardinal Mercier, himself the greatest contemporary exponent of
Scholastic philosophy, defines philosophy as “the science of the
totality of things.” The twelfth century was a time when men were
striving to see phenomena in this sense and established a great
rational synthesis that should yet be in full conformity ... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p10">Cardinal Mercier, himself the greatest contemporary exponent of
Scholastic philosophy, defines philosophy as “the science of the
totality of things.” The twelfth century was a time when men were
striving to see phenomena in this sense and established a great
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p11 | These considerations troubled Abélard not at all. He was conscious
of a mind of singular acuteness and a tongue of parts, both of
which would do whatever he willed. Beneath all the tumultuous talk
of Paris, when he first arrived there, lay the great and unsolved
problem of Universals and this he promptly made his o... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p11">These considerations troubled Abélard not at all. He was conscious
of a mind of singular acuteness and a tongue of parts, both of
which would do whatever he willed. Beneath all the tumultuous talk
of Paris, when he first arrived there, lay the great and unsolved
problem of Universals a... | [] | abelard | Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes | null | null | [
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p12 | “According to the latest authorities, the doctrine of universals
which convulsed the schools of the twelfth century has never
received an adequate answer. What is a species: what is a genus or
a family or an order? More or less convenient terms of classification,
about which the twelfth century cared very little, w... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p12">“According to the latest authorities, the doctrine of universals
which convulsed the schools of the twelfth century has never
received an adequate answer. What is a species: what is a genus or
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p13 | . . . “In these scholastic tournaments the two champions started from
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p14 | In this “Story of My Misfortunes” Abélard gives his own account of
the triumphant manner in which he confounded his master, William,
but as Henry Adams says, “We should be more credulous than
twelfth-century monks, if we believed, on Abélard’s word in 1135,
that in 1110 he had driven out of the schools the most acc... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p14">In this “Story of My Misfortunes” Abélard gives his own account of
the triumphant manner in which he confounded his master, William,
but as Henry Adams says, “We should be more credulous than
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p15 | So began the battle of the schools with all its more than
military strategy and tactics, and in the end it was a drawn battle, in spite of
its marvels of intellectual heroism and dialectical sublety. Says Henry Adams
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military strategy and tactics, and in the end it was a drawn battle, in spite of
its marvels of intellectual heroism and dialectical sublety. Says Henry Adams
again:—</p>
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p16 | “In every age man has been apt to dream uneasily, rolling from side
to side, beating against imaginary bars, unless, tired out, he has
sunk into indifference or scepticism. Religious minds prefer
scepticism. The true saint is a profound sceptic; a total
disbeliever in human reason, who has more than once joined han... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p16">“In every age man has been apt to dream uneasily, rolling from side
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sunk into indifference or scepticism. Religious minds prefer
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p17 | “Bishop John used the science he had learned in the school only to
reach the conclusion that, if philosophy were a science at all, its
best practical use was to teach charity—love. Even the early,
superficial debates of the schools, in 1100-50, had so exhausted
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best practical use was to teach charity—love. Even the early,
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p18 | Abélard was always, as he has been called, a scholastic adventurer,
a philosophical and theological freelance, and it was after the
Calamity that he followed those courses that resulted finally in
his silencing and his obscure death. It is almost impossible for us
of modern times to understand the violence of parti... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p18">Abélard was always, as he has been called, a scholastic adventurer,
a philosophical and theological freelance, and it was after the
Calamity that he followed those courses that resulted finally in
his silencing and his obscure death. It is almost impossible for us
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p19 | For a time the affairs of Abélard prospered: Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis
was his defender, and he enjoyed the favor of the Pope and the
King. He was made an abbot and his influence spread in every
direction. In 1137 the King died and conditions at Rome changed so
that St. Bernard became almost Pope and King in his o... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p19">For a time the affairs of Abélard prospered: Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis
was his defender, and he enjoyed the favor of the Pope and the
King. He was made an abbot and his influence spread in every
direction. In 1137 the King died and conditions at Rome changed so
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p20 | The problems of philosophy and theology that were so vital in the
Middle Ages interest us no more, even when they are less obscure
than those so rife in the twelfth century, but the problem of human
love is always near and so it is not perhaps surprising that the
abiding interest concerns itself with Abélard’s rela... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p20">The problems of philosophy and theology that were so vital in the
Middle Ages interest us no more, even when they are less obscure
than those so rife in the twelfth century, but the problem of human
love is always near and so it is not perhaps surprising that the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p21 | The whole story was instantly known, Abélard’s assailants were
punished in kind, and he himself shortly resumed his work of
lecturing on philosophy and, a little later, on theology.
Apparently his reputation did not suffer in the least, nor did
hers; in fact her piety became almost a by-word and his name as a
grea... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p21">The whole story was instantly known, Abélard’s assailants were
punished in kind, and he himself shortly resumed his work of
lecturing on philosophy and, a little later, on theology.
Apparently his reputation did not suffer in the least, nor did
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p22 | The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were not an age of moral
laxity; ideals and standards and conduct were immeasurably higher
than they had been for five hundred years, higher than they were to
be in the centuries that followed the crest of Mediaevalism. It was
however a time of enormous vitality, of throbbing en... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p22">The twelfth and thirteenth centuries were not an age of moral
laxity; ideals and standards and conduct were immeasurably higher
than they had been for five hundred years, higher than they were to
be in the centuries that followed the crest of Mediaevalism. It was
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p23 | In reading the Historia Calamitatum there is one consideration that
suggests itself that is subject for serious thought. Written as it
was some years after the great tragedy of his life, it was a
portrait that somehow seems out of focus. We know that during his
early years in Paris Abélard was a bold and daring cha... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p23">In reading the Historia Calamitatum there is one consideration that
suggests itself that is subject for serious thought. Written as it
was some years after the great tragedy of his life, it was a
portrait that somehow seems out of focus. We know that during his
early years in Paris Abé... | [] | abelard | Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes | null | null | [
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p24 | It is doubtful if Abélard should be ranked very high in the list of
Mediaeval philosophers. He was more a dialectician than a creative
force, and until the development of the episode with Héloïse he
seems to have cared primarily for the excitement of debate, with
small regard for the value or the subjects under dis... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p24">It is doubtful if Abélard should be ranked very high in the list of
Mediaeval philosophers. He was more a dialectician than a creative
force, and until the development of the episode with Héloïse he
seems to have cared primarily for the excitement of debate, with
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:ii-p25 | The story of this philosophical soldier of fortune is a romance
from beginning to end, a poignant human drama shot through with
passion, adventure, pathos and tragedy. In a sense it is an epitome
of the earlier Middle Ages and through it shines the bright light
of an era of fervid living, of exciting adventure, of ... | <p class="normal" id="ii-p25">The story of this philosophical soldier of fortune is a romance
from beginning to end, a poignant human drama shot through with
passion, adventure, pathos and tragedy. In a sense it is an epitome
of the earlier Middle Ages and through it shines the bright light
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.i-p1 | Often the hearts of men and women are stirred, as likewise they are
soothed in their sorrows, more by example than by words. And
therefore, because I too have known some consolation from speech
had with one who was a witness thereof, am I now minded to write of
the sufferings which have sprung out of my misfortunes... | <p class="normal" id="iii.i-p1">Often the hearts of men and women are stirred, as likewise they are
soothed in their sorrows, more by example than by words. And
therefore, because I too have known some consolation from speech
had with one who was a witness thereof, am I now minded to write of
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.ii-p1 | Know, then, that I am come from a certain town which was built on
the way into lesser Brittany, distant some eight miles, as I think,
eastward from the city of Nantes, and in its own tongue called
Palets. Such is the nature of that country, or, it may be, of them
who dwell there—for in truth they are quick in fancy... | <p class="normal" id="iii.ii-p1">Know, then, that I am come from a certain town which was built on
the way into lesser Brittany, distant some eight miles, as I think,
eastward from the city of Nantes, and in its own tongue called
Palets. Such is the nature of that country, or, it may be, of them
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p1 | I came at length to Paris, where above all in those days the art of
dialectics was most flourishing, and there did I meet William of
Champeaux, my teacher, a man most distinguished in his science both
by his renown and by his true merit. With him I remained for some
time, at first indeed well liked of him; but late... | <p class="normal" id="iii.iii-p1">I came at length to Paris, where above all in those days the art of
dialectics was most flourishing, and there did I meet William of
Champeaux, my teacher, a man most distinguished in his science both
by his renown and by his true merit. With him I remained for some
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p2 | Out of this sprang the beginning of my misfortunes, which have
followed me even to the present day; the more widely my fame was
spread abroad, the more bitter was the envy that was kindled
against me. It was given out that I, presuming on my gifts far
beyond the warranty of my youth, was aspiring despite my tender,... | <p class="normal" id="iii.iii-p2">Out of this sprang the beginning of my misfortunes, which have
followed me even to the present day; the more widely my fame was
spread abroad, the more bitter was the envy that was kindled
against me. It was given out that I, presuming on my gifts far
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p3 | No long time thereafter I was smitten with a grievous illness,
brought upon me by my immoderate zeal for study. This illness
forced me to turn homeward to my native province, and thus for some
years I was as if cut off from France. And yet, for that very
reason, I was sought out all the more eagerly by those whose ... | <p class="normal" id="iii.iii-p3">No long time thereafter I was smitten with a grievous illness,
brought upon me by my immoderate zeal for study. This illness
forced me to turn homeward to my native province, and thus for some
years I was as if cut off from France. And yet, for that very
reason, I was sought out al... | [] | abelard | Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes | null | null | [
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p4 | To him did I return, for I was eager to learn more of rhetoric from
his lips; and in the course of our many arguments on various
matters, I compelled him by most potent reasoning first to alter
his former opinion on the subject of the universals, and finally to
abandon it altogether. Now, the basis of this old conc... | <p class="normal" id="iii.iii-p4">To him did I return, for I was eager to learn more of rhetoric from
his lips; and in the course of our many arguments on various
matters, I compelled him by most potent reasoning first to alter
his former opinion on the subject of the universals, and finally to
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p5 | Thus it came about that my teaching won such strength and authority
that even those who before had clung most vehemently to my former
master, and most bitterly attacked my doctrines, now flocked to my
school. The very man who had succeeded to my master’s chair in the
Paris school offered me his post, in order that ... | <p class="normal" id="iii.iii-p5">Thus it came about that my teaching won such strength and authority
that even those who before had clung most vehemently to my former
master, and most bitterly attacked my doctrines, now flocked to my
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p6 | Not long thereafter, when William became aware of the fact that
almost all his students were holding grave doubts as to his
religion, and were whispering earnestly among themselves about his
conversion, deeming that he had by no means abandoned this world,
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p7 | Following the return of our master to the city, the combats in
disputation which my scholars waged both with him himself and with
his pupils, and the successes which fortune gave to us, and above
all to me, in these wars, you have long since learned of through
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p9 | But even were I to be silent, the fact proclaims itself, and its
outcome reveals the truth regarding it. | <p class="continue" id="iii.iii-p9">But even were I to be silent, the fact proclaims itself, and its
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iii-p10 | While these things were happening, it became needful for me again
to repair to my old home, by reason of my dear mother, Lucia, for
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life, she so ordered her affairs as to do likewise. When all this
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iv-p1 | Sought out, therefore, this same venerable man, whose fame, in
truth, was more the result of long-established custom than of the
potency of his own talent or intellect. If any one came to him
impelled by doubt on any subject, he went away more doubtful still.
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iv-p3 | It was not long before I made this discovery, and stretched myself
lazily in the shade of that same tree. I went to his lectures less
and less often, a thing which some among his eminent followers took
sorely to heart, because they interpreted it as a mark of contempt
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.iv-p4 | I accepted the challenge, and invited them to attend a lecture on
the very next day. Whereupon they undertook to give me good advice,
saying that I should by no means make undue haste in so important a
matter, but that I ought to devote a much longer space to working
out my exposition and offsetting my inexperience... | <p class="normal" id="iii.iv-p4">I accepted the challenge, and invited them to attend a lecture on
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.v-p1 | Now this venerable man of whom I have spoken was acutely smitten
with envy, and straightway incited, as I have already mentioned, by
the insinuations of sundry persons, began to persecute me for my
lecturing on the Scriptures no less bitterly than my former master,
William, had done for my work in philosophy. At th... | <p class="normal" id="iii.v-p1">Now this venerable man of whom I have spoken was acutely smitten
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vi-p1 | And so, after a few days, I returned to Paris, and there for
several years I peacefully directed the school which formerly had
been destined for me, nay, even offered to me, but from which I had
been driven out. At the very outset of my work there, I set about
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vi-p2 | Thus did it come to pass that while I was utterly absorbed in pride
and sensuality, divine grace, the cure for both diseases, was
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For my sensuality I lost those things whereby I practi... | <p class="normal" id="iii.vi-p2">Thus did it come to pass that while I was utterly absorbed in pride
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vii-p1 | Now there dwelt in that same city of Paris a certain young girl
named Héloïse, the niece of a canon who was called Fulbert. Her
uncle’s love for her was equalled only by his desire that she
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vii-p2 | Thus, utterly aflame with my passion for this maiden, I sought to
discover means whereby I might have daily and familiar speech with
her, thereby the more easily to win her consent. For this purpose I
persuaded the girl’s uncle, with the aid of some of his friends, to
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vii-p3 | Why should I say more: We were united first in the dwelling that
sheltered our love, and then in the hearts that burned with it.
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love, and learning held out to us the secret opportunities that our
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vii-p4 | In measure as this passionate rapture absorbed me more and more, I
devoted ever less time to philosophy and to the work of the school.
Indeed it became loathsome to me to go to the school or to linger
there; the labour, moreover, was very burdensome, since my nights
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vii-p5 | A thing so manifest could deceive only a few, no one, methinks,
save him whose shame it chiefly bespoke, the girl’s uncle, Fulbert.
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vii-p6 | It was not long after this that Héloïse found that she was
pregnant, and of this she wrote to me in the utmost exultation,
at the same time asking me to consider what had best be done.
Accordingly, on a night when her uncle was absent, we carried out
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at the same time asking me to consider what had best be done.
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.vii-p7 | At length, however, in pity for his boundless grief, and bitterly
blaming myself for the suffering which my love had brought upon him
through the baseness of the deception I had practiced, I went to
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p1 | Forthwith I repaired to my own country, and brought back thence my
mistress, that I might make her my wife. She, however, most
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p2 | Besides dwelling thus on the disgrace to me, she reminded me of the
hardships of married life, to the avoidance of which the Apostle
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p3 | Again, in the same work, St. Jerome tells how Cicero, asked by
Hircius after his divorce of Terentia whether he would marry the
sister of Hircius, replied that he would do no such thing, saying
that he could not devote himself to a wife and to philosophy at the
same time. Cicero does not, indeed, precisely speak of... | <p class="normal" id="iii.viii-p3">Again, in the same work, St. Jerome tells how Cicero, asked by
Hircius after his divorce of Terentia whether he would marry the
sister of Hircius, replied that he would do no such thing, saying
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p4 | Then, turning from the consideration of such hindrances to the
study of philosophy, Héloïse bade me observe what were the
conditions of honourable wedlock. What possible concord could there
be between scholars and domestics, between authors and cradles,
between books or tablets and distaffs, between the stylus or t... | <p class="normal" id="iii.viii-p4">Then, turning from the consideration of such hindrances to the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p5 | It matters little, she pointed out, whether one abandons the study
of philosophy completely or merely interrupts it, for it can never
remain at the point where it was thus interrupted. All other
occupations must be resisted; it is vain to seek to adjust life to
include them, and they must simply be eliminated. This... | <p class="normal" id="iii.viii-p5">It matters little, she pointed out, whether one abandons the study
of philosophy completely or merely interrupts it, for it can never
remain at the point where it was thus interrupted. All other
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p6 | Among the Jews of old there were the Nazarites, who consecrated
themselves to the Lord, some of them the sons of the prophet Elias
and others the followers of Eliseus, the monks of whom, on the
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themselves to the Lord, some of them the sons of the prophet Elias
and others the followers of Eliseus, the monks of whom, on the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p7 | There is a passage on this subject in the eighth book of St.
Augustine’s “City of God,” wherein he distinguishes between the
various schools of philosophy. “The Italian school,” he says, “had
as its founder Pythagoras of Samos, who, it is said, originated the
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various schools of philosophy. “The Italian school,” he says, “had
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p8 | Now, she added, if laymen and gentiles, bound by no profession of
religion, lived after this fashion, what ought you, a cleric and a
canon, to do in order not to prefer base voluptuousness to your
sacred duties, to prevent this Charybdis from sucking you down
headlong, and to save yourself from being plunged shamel... | <p class="normal" id="iii.viii-p8">Now, she added, if laymen and gentiles, bound by no profession of
religion, lived after this fashion, what ought you, a cleric and a
canon, to do in order not to prefer base voluptuousness to your
sacred duties, to prevent this Charybdis from sucking you down
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p9 | Her final argument was that it would be dangerous for me to take
her back to Paris, and that it would be far sweeter for her to be
called my mistress than to be known as my wife; nay, too, that
this would be more honourable for me as well. In such case, she
said, love alone would hold me to her, and the strength of... | <p class="normal" id="iii.viii-p9">Her final argument was that it would be dangerous for me to take
her back to Paris, and that it would be far sweeter for her to be
called my mistress than to be known as my wife; nay, too, that
this would be more honourable for me as well. In such case, she
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p10 | So, after our little son was born, we left him in my sister’s care,
and secretly returned to Paris. A few days later, in the early
morning, having kept our nocturnal vigil of prayer unknown to all
in a certain church, we were united there in the benediction of
wedlock, her uncle and a few friends of his and mine be... | <p class="normal" id="iii.viii-p10">So, after our little son was born, we left him in my sister’s care,
and secretly returned to Paris. A few days later, in the early
morning, having kept our nocturnal vigil of prayer unknown to all
in a certain church, we were united there in the benediction of
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.viii-p11 | When her uncle and his kinsmen heard of this, they were convinced
that now I had completely played them false and had rid myself
forever of Héloïse by forcing her to become a nun. Violently
incensed, they laid a plot against me, and one night, while I, all
unsuspecting, was asleep in a secret room in my lodgings, t... | <p class="normal" id="iii.viii-p11">When her uncle and his kinsmen heard of this, they were convinced
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.ix-p1 | When morning came the whole city was assembled before my dwelling.
It is difficult, nay, impossible, for words of mine to describe the
amazement which bewildered them, the lamentations they uttered, the
uproar with which they harassed me, or the grief with which they
increased my own suffering. Chiefly the clerics,... | <p class="normal" id="iii.ix-p1">When morning came the whole city was assembled before my dwelling.
It is difficult, nay, impossible, for words of mine to describe the
amazement which bewildered them, the lamentations they uttered, the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.ix-p2 | What path lay open to me thereafter? How could I ever again hold up
my head among men, when every finger should be pointed at me in
scorn, every tongue speak my blistering shame, and when I should be
a monstrous spectacle to all eyes? I was overwhelmed by the
remembrance that, according to the dread letter of the l... | <p class="normal" id="iii.ix-p2">What path lay open to me thereafter? How could I ever again hold up
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scorn, every tongue speak my blistering shame, and when I should be
a monstrous spectacle to all eyes? I was overwhelmed by the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.ix-p3 | I must confess that in my misery it was the overwhelming sense of
my disgrace rather than any ardour for conversion to the religious
life that drove me to seek the seclusion of the monastic cloister.
Héloïse had already, at my bidding, taken the veil and entered a
convent. Thus it was that we both put on the sacred... | <p class="normal" id="iii.ix-p3">I must confess that in my misery it was the overwhelming sense of
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.ix-p4 | (Lucan, “Pharsalia,” viii, 94.) | <p style="text-indent:60%" id="iii.ix-p4">(Lucan, “Pharsalia,” viii, 94.)</p>
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.ix-p5 | With these words on her lips did she go forthwith to the altar, and
lifted therefrom the veil, which had been blessed by the bishop,
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.ix-p6 | The abbey, however, to which I had betaken myself was utterly
worldly and in its life quite scandalous. The abbot himself was as
far below his fellows in his way of living and in the foulness of
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.ix-p7 | Here, as befitted my profession, I devoted myself chiefly to
lectures on theology, but I did not wholly abandon the teaching of
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p1 | It so happened that at the outset I devoted myself to analyzing the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p2 | Now, a great many people saw and read this tract, and it became
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who sought information on this subject. And since the questions
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p3 | Before I reached Soissons, however, these two rivals of mine so
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p4 | These three, then, took my book and pawed it over and examined it
minutely, but could find nothing therein which they dared to use as
the basis for a public accusation against me. Accordingly they put
off the condemnation of the book until the close of the council,
despite their eagerness to bring it about. For my ... | <p class="normal" id="iii.x-p4">These three, then, took my book and pawed it over and examined it
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p5 | As a result of all this, my rivals grew more angry day by day. On
one occasion Alberic, accompanied by some of his students, came to
me for the purpose of intimidating me, and, after a few bland
words, said that he was amazed at something he had found in my
book, to the effect that, although God had begotten God, I... | <p class="normal" id="iii.x-p5">As a result of all this, my rivals grew more angry day by day. On
one occasion Alberic, accompanied by some of his students, came to
me for the purpose of intimidating me, and, after a few bland
words, said that he was amazed at something he had found in my
book, to the effect that, ... | [] | abelard | Historia Calamitatum: The Story of My Misfortunes | null | null | [
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p6 | When those of his followers who were present heard this, they were
amazed and much embarrassed. He himself, in order to keep his
countenance, said: “Certainly, I understand all that.” Then I
added: “What I have to say further on this subject is by no means
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countenance, said: “Certainly, I understand all that.” Then I
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p7 | On the last day of the council, before the session convened, the
legate and the archbishop deliberated with my rivals and sundry
others as to what should be done about me and my book, this being
the chief reason for their having come together. And since they had
discovered nothing either in my speech or in what I h... | <p class="normal" id="iii.x-p7">On the last day of the council, before the session convened, the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p8 | “You know, my lords, all who are gathered here, the doctrine
of this man, what it is, and his ability, which has brought him many followers
in every field to which he has devoted himself. You know how greatly he has
lessened the renown of other teachers, both his masters and our own, and how he
has spread as it wer... | <p class="normal" id="iii.x-p8">“You know, my lords, all who are gathered here, the doctrine
of this man, what it is, and his ability, which has brought him many followers
in every field to which he has devoted himself. You know how greatly he has
lessened the renown of other teachers, both his masters and our own, ... | [
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p9 | When my rivals heard this they cried out in protest, saying: “This
is wise counsel, forsooth, that we should strive against the
wordiness of this man, whose arguments, or rather, sophistries, the
whole world cannot resist!” And yet, methinks, it was far more
difficult to strive against Christ Himself, for Whom, nev... | <p class="normal" id="iii.x-p9">When my rivals heard this they cried out in protest, saying: “This
is wise counsel, forsooth, that we should strive against the
wordiness of this man, whose arguments, or rather, sophistries, the
whole world cannot resist!” And yet, methinks, it was far more
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.x-p10 | Then the legate arose to celebrate mass before entering the
council, and through the bishop sent me the permission which had
been determined on, authorizing me to return to my monastery and
there await such action as might be finally taken. But my rivals,
perceiving that they would accomplish nothing if the trial w... | <p class="normal" id="iii.x-p10">Then the legate arose to celebrate mass before entering the
council, and through the bishop sent me the permission which had
been determined on, authorizing me to return to my monastery and
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p1 | Straightway upon my summons I went to the council, and there,
without further examination or debate, did they compel me with my
own hand to cast that memorable book of mine into the flames.
Although my enemies appeared to have nothing to say while the book
was burning, one of them muttered something about having se... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p1">Straightway upon my summons I went to the council, and there,
without further examination or debate, did they compel me with my
own hand to cast that memorable book of mine into the flames.
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p2 | This man’s bishop forthwith began to censure him, bidding him
desist from such treasonable talk, but he boldly stood his ground,
and said, as if quoting the words of Daniel: “‘Are ye such fools,
ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the
truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel? Return agai... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p2">This man’s bishop forthwith began to censure him, bidding him
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ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p3 | Thereupon the archbishop arose and confirmed the legate’s
statement, but changed the wording thereof, as indeed was most
fitting. “It is God’s truth,” he said, “that the Father is
omnipotent, the Son is omnipotent, the Holy Spirit is omnipotent.
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fitting. “It is God’s truth,” he said, “that the Father is
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p4 | When, however, I fain would have arisen to profess and set forth my
faith, in order that I might express in my own words that which was
in my heart, my enemies declared that it was not needful for me to
do more than recite the Athanasian Symbol, a thing which any boy
might do as well as I. And lest I should allege ... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p4">When, however, I fain would have arisen to profess and set forth my
faith, in order that I might express in my own words that which was
in my heart, my enemies declared that it was not needful for me to
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p5 | The abbot and the monks of the aforesaid monastery, thinking that I
would remain long with them, received me with great exultation, and
diligently sought to console me, but all in vain. O God, who dost
judge justice itself, in what venom of the spirit, in what
bitterness of mind, did I blame even Thee for my shame,... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p5">The abbot and the monks of the aforesaid monastery, thinking that I
would remain long with them, received me with great exultation, and
diligently sought to console me, but all in vain. O God, who dost
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p6 | The very cruelty and heartlessness of my punishment, however, made
every one who heard the story vehement in censuring it, so that
those who had a hand therein were soon eager to disclaim all
responsibility, shouldering the blame on others. Nay, matters came
to such a pass that even my rivals denied that they had h... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p6">The very cruelty and heartlessness of my punishment, however, made
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p7 | After a few months had passed, chance gave them an opportunity by
which they sought to destroy me. It happened that one day, in the
course of my reading, I came upon a certain passage of Bede, in his
commentary on the Acts of the Apostles, wherein he asserts that
Dionysius the Areopagite was the bishop, not of Athe... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p7">After a few months had passed, chance gave them an opportunity by
which they sought to destroy me. It happened that one day, in the
course of my reading, I came upon a certain passage of Bede, in his
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p8 | One of the monks went so far as to ask me brazenly which of the
two, Bede or Hilduin, I considered the better authority on this
point. I replied that the authority of Bede, whose writings are
held in high esteem by the whole Latin Church, appeared to me the
better. Thereupon in a great rage they began to cry out th... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p8">One of the monks went so far as to ask me brazenly which of the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p9 | The abbot listened to their story with delight, rejoicing at having
found a chance to crush me, for the greater vileness of his life
made him fear me more even than the rest did. Accordingly he
summoned his council, and when the brethren had assembled he
violently threatened me, declaring that he would straightway ... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p9">The abbot listened to their story with delight, rejoicing at having
found a chance to crush me, for the greater vileness of his life
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p10 | I made my way to a region where I had formerly dwelt, hard by the
lands of Count Theobald (of Champagne). He himself had some slight
acquaintance with me, and had compassion on me by reason of my
persecutions, of which the story had reached him. I found a home
there within the walls of Provins, in a priory of the m... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p10">I made my way to a region where I had formerly dwelt, hard by the
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ccel/a/abelard/misfortunes.xml:iii.xi-p11 | As soon as his successor had been named, I went to him, accompanied
by the Bishop of Meaux, to try if I might win from him the
permission I had vainly sought of his predecessor. At first he
would not give his assent, but finally, through the intervention of
certain friends of mine, I secured the right to appeal to ... | <p class="normal" id="iii.xi-p11">As soon as his successor had been named, I went to him, accompanied
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