Ilgner, Rainier M., ed., Petri Abaelardi Opera Theologica IV Scito Te Ipsum (Turnhout: Brepols [Corpus Christianorum Continuatio Medievalis 190], 2001). ISBN: 250304901
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Text name(s): Scito Te Ipsum; Know Yourself

Number of pages of primary source text: 86

Medieval Author(s): Abelard, Peter

Dates: 1190 - 1240

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Original Language(s): Latin;

Translation: Original language included.

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Geopolitical Region(s): Europe;

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Apparatus: Index Bibliography Introduction

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Peter Abelard was a philosopher, teacher, theologian, and logician, and considered to be one of the greatest thinkers of the Middle Ages. Today, he is most famous for having a tragic affair with his gifted student, Heloise. In the Middle Ages, he was known for his contributions to scholastic philosophy: his ideas of dialectic provide some of the basis of scholasticism. This volume contains an edition of his Scito Te Ipsum (Know Yourself), a work also known as the Ethica (Ethics), is largely devoted to exploring the nature of sin. Also included are indices of scriptural citations, authors, names, and of words and arguments.

Introduction Summary:

The editor’s lengthy (69pp) German introduction is devoted to a thorough description of the manuscripts in which the text survives, and upon which this edition is based, as well as the modern and early modern printed editions of the work.

Cataloger: MCB