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" and the greater progress I made in my lecturing on philosophy or theology, the more I departed alike from the practice of the philosophers and the spirit of the divines in the uncleanness of my life."

A very interesting self-accounted book of the life of Abelard. It’s incredible that this was not only written, but also survived through to today. With all of the drama you might think you’re reading the novelization of a CW show, but incredibly, it appears that this is all true. I imagine he himself never expected the turns his life would take, and I certainly did not either. I must read his letters to Helouise.

‘So, and this was quite brilliant of me, I joined his class again — and destroyed his thesis. Again. Aren’t I awesome? Sure, his course crashed and burned and everyone joined my course, but I was right!’

This sounds like another socratic superstar (looking at you Mr. Franklin) making enemies and turning the ‘simpletons’ against himself.

‘No, but listen, I joined my famous rhetorics teacher’s school and wordily thrashed his arguments on a regular basis, that he aimed to destroy my career after leaving. Can you believe it?

’And even though I pulled through and made my own school, while I was sick from overwork, he got promoted and started putting rules in place against me. Can you believe that?!’