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Title: Abelard And Heloise
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The letters of Abelard and Heloise, illustrate a shift away from religious teachings. Abelard lived during a period of scholasticism (1079-1122), a time focused on philosophy and dialectic. Theology, for the first time was considered an individual discipline. Other changes during the period included divisions of faculty, a movement away from monasteries as the only places of education, and a contrast between reason and faith. Particularly important to Abelard was the distinction between reason and faith. In his letters to Heloise, Abelard finds faith unnecessary, instead he uses reason as a tool to understanding the questions of life. In his letters we find a transition from a focus on religious works and learning to secular knowledge.
Scholasticism placed learning and knowle ...
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