brought him great greif, because I undertook to refute certain of his [William] opinions, .
no infrequently attacking him in disputation, and now and then in these debates I was .
adjudged victor. Now this, to those among my fellow students who were ranked foremost, .
seemed all the more insufferable because of my youth and the brief duration of my .
studies" (pp 2-3). The arrogance at which Abelard spoke and his ability to create logical .
arguments without the help of antiquity alarmed William, and eventually got him .
removed from his tutelage.
Abelard then moved on to study theology under Anselm of Laon until he .
realized that he himself could analyze scripture without the help of a teacher. "Most of .
those who were present mocked at me, and asked whether I myself could do as I said, or .
whether I would dare undertake it" (Abelard, 5). Ableard, however, succeeded and taught .
many lectures on the scriptures without any formal theological education of any kind. .
Anselm, furious with anger and envy, prevented Abelard from lecturing in his monestary. .
He claimed Abelard would make mistakes in his teachings due to the lack of training and .
these blunders would reflect badly on him. Again, due to the fact that Anselm and his .
students believed the antiquity had authority over education, Abelard was an outcast .
forced to persue his interests elsewhere.
Abelard finds his way to Paris and meets a young girl named Heloise, and to .
Abelard's surpirse she is an educated women, whic was, to Abelard, a turn-on. Her uncle, .
who loved her deeply, wanted her to have a great life filled with the best education she .
could receive. Abelard offered to tutor Heliose to which her uncle agreed to in good .
faith. The love Heliose recieved from her paled in comparison to the love Abelard had for .
her, and her for him. The two lovers had a torrid affair and ended with the conception of a .
child. Due to his own inability to control his urges, Abelard would be forced to marry .
