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Abelard and Ethics, 2005.
This paper discusses Peter Abelard's beliefs about the moral value of acts and intentions.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 1 source, $ 44.95
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The paper examines how in his Ethics, medieval philosopher Peter Abelard addresses the distinction between ethical evaluations of the deed and the intention. As this essay demonstrates, Abelard's contention that performance of the deed adds nothing to the moral value of the intention, is based upon his centralizing ethical evaluation in the intention of the act and not in the act itself. As is argued, this contention is controversial as it is rooted in Abelard's basis of sin as lying in consent and not in action and as such has profound and unsettling implications for our understanding of ethics into the present day.
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Heloise and Abelard, 2008.
An analysis of the correspondence of Heloise and Abelard, as seen in "The Letters of Heloise and Abelard" by Betty Radice.
776 words (approx. 3.1 pages), 1 source, MLA, $ 27.95
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This paper analyzes "The Letters of Heloise and Abelard" by Betty Radice. It looks at the wide range of issues that the correspondence of Heloise and Abelard touch on, such as love and marriage, monasticism, scholarship and the consequences of family feuds. The paper also looks briefly at the characteristics of each lover as can be seen through their writing.
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"The second letter, in which Heloise writes to Abelard asking why he has not written to her in ten years, is especially interesting in that it reveals that Heloise had little choice but to enter a convent in obedience to Abelard. (Radice 53) His advice to her about running the convent reflected the prevailing consensus that shipping women off to a convent if they got into any sort of trouble was the best way to deal with scandals, for it was commonly believed that life in a convent would eliminate the temptation to sin, instill piety and provide a religious environment conducive to repentance."
"Monasteries served the same purpose for men, and Abelard entered one for the same reasons he advised Heloise to enter a convent. But entering a monastery was voluntary for men and was not a coercive sanction imposed by society on men for sexual indiscretions. A pervasive double standard existed in medieval times, for men were not held by society to the same sexual standards as women. This double standard even extended to the clergy, who were not officially permitted to marry and were expected to be celibate. But many members of the clergy married anyway, and had mistresses, without suffering any consequences in the form of social ostracism or punitive action from the Vatican."
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The Letters of Abelard and Heloise, 2002.
Examines the marital, philosophical, and romantic views expressed in the love letters of the 12th century French couple, Abelard and Heloise.
900 words (approx. 3.6 pages), 1 source, $ 35.95
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This paper discusses the love letters of the twelfth century French couple, Abelard and Heloise in the context of the social mores of the time, and focuses primarily upon their ideas concerning marriage, philosophy, and love.
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The Public Sexual Female Self, 2007.
A comparison of the concept of the public female self as seen in "Fantomina," by Eliza Hayward and "Eloisa to Abelard," by Alexander Pope.
1,879 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 60.95
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This paper compares the concept of the public female sexual self, as portrayed by two 18th century writers: Eliza Hayward and Alexander Pope. The paper analyzes Hayward's text, "Fantomina," and Pope's text, "Eloisa to Abelard", citing examples from the texts and discussing their context in the work in order to compare the two texts and their authors.
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"Once this innocence is transgressed, Eloisa continues to burn with heat within, heat that suggests fire and damnation, although Pope does not openly condemn Eloisa as Haywood does Fantomina. Although Haywood has been described essentially as a conservative in her presentation of conventional morality, by suggesting such a hyper-sexualized public sphere, she herself paradoxically causes the reader to see sexuality where it might not otherwise seem to be lurking. The outer sexuality infiltrates the home, and even creates it within an innocent girl. In the message of almost all of the author's works, the house by day can be a scene of debauchery at night if strangers are allowed to enter it, just as it was in the case of Eloise (Pettit 2002, p.1)."
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The 12th Century, 2004.
A discussion on society in the 12th century.
1,356 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 47.95
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This paper discusses the relations between the sexes, both within and outside the Church in the 12th Century. It uses the example of Pierre Abelard's writings to Heloise, to qualify points made.
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"Most students of medieval history or theology know the story of Pierre Peter Abelard, a famous theologian and philosopher whose views got him denounced as a heretic in the 12th century. However it is not as a philosopher that he is best remembered, but his popular fame resulted from his tragic love affair with Heloise exchanging famous letters of love and suffering ..."
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