Project Gutenberg 2004-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 139 Rémusat, Charles de 1797 1875 Remusat, Charles de De Rémusat, Charles Rémusat, Charles-François-Marie, comte de Remusat, Charles-Francois-Marie, comte de Abélard, Tome II Produced by Robert Connal, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team, from images generously made available by gallica (Bibliotheque nationale de France). "Abélard, Tome II" by Charles de Rémusat is a philosophical treatise written during the mid-19th century. This work delves deeply into the metaphysical inquiries of the medieval thinker Peter Abelard, particularly focusing on the extensive and contentious debates surrounding the nature of universals – concepts that are abstract and apply to multiple instances, like "humanity" for individual humans. The narrative primarily explores the intellectual environment of Abelard's time, addressing various schools of thought regarding universals, including realism and nominalism. The opening of the treatise sets the stage for discussing the long-lasting controversy over the nature of genres and species, emphasizing its abstract nature and the fervent debates it sparked over the centuries. It begins by citing historical sentiments from figures like Jean de Salisbury regarding the intensity of intellectual disputes surrounding the nature of universals. The section outlines different philosophical positions, primarily contrasting realism—the belief in the existence of universals as entities in their own right—with nominalism, which considers universals as mere names or labels lacking independent existence. This introduction establishes both the historical context and the philosophical stakes of the discussions that will unfold in the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 64.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. fr Abelard, Peter, 1079-1142 BX Text FR Philosophie, Religion et Morale FR Biographie, Mémoires, Journal intime, Correspondance Category: History - Medieval/Middle Ages Category: Philosophy & Ethics 1180452 2025-08-06T07:07:32.979799 text/html 1150964 2024-10-28T20:46:46 text/html 473966 2025-08-06T07:07:46.066251 application/epub+zip 493508 2025-08-06T07:07:35.592236 application/epub+zip 493509 2025-08-06T07:07:34.054277 application/epub+zip 892686 2025-08-06T07:07:53.558174 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 858267 2025-08-06T07:07:45.056229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 830134 2022-09-07T12:59:30.198329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1031760 2025-08-06T07:07:30.802790 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1011957 2024-10-28T20:46:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17426 2025-08-06T07:07:53.705146 application/rdf+xml 13614 2025-08-06T07:07:34.616308 image/jpeg 3584 2025-08-06T07:07:34.332236 image/jpeg 461552 2025-08-06T07:07:33.065268 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia fr.wikipedia