Re: Pierre Abelard
Brian Fenton (fentonb@mathds1.maths.ul.ie)
Wed, 27 Aug 1997 16:05:24 +0100 (WET DST)
Will wrote:
>Pierre Abelard lived from 1079-1142 and was a french philosopher concerned
>with conceptualism (a middle ground between nominanlism and realism) but
>he was most famous for his love heloise..the relevant part to DDS is
>probably that he gave heloise advice on how to run a convent he gave her
>in 1129. Does that help? will
Thanks Will. Does it help? Well, I don't understand a word of it, if that's
what you're asking, but it should help me impress the socks off the girl
who works in my local pharmacy...
Me: yeah, hi Jill. yeah, I was thinking about you this morning and you
know, conceptualism.
Jill: sorry?
Me: well, you know, the, like, middle ground between nominalism and
realism. I think you're a Heloise kind of girl. I see myself as a Peter
Abelard figure, you know? Fancy a bit of conceptualism after work?
Jill: listen, are you going to pay for that dandruff shampoo or do I
have to call security??
just wastin' your time......
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