English translation and notes by D.E.Luscombe. — Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1971. — 207 p.
A penetrating and historically important critique of medieval moral thought.
Peter Abelard (1079–1142) was an influential philosopher, writer, teacher, and abbot in the Middle Ages. His wit was praised, but his unorthodox approach to theology and his criticism of many of his contemporaries kept him in near-constant trouble.