1079 - 1142
Peter Abelard (; French: Pierre Abélard; Latin: Petrus Abaelardus or Abailardus; c. 1079 – 21 April 1142) was a medieval French scholastic philosopher, leading logician, theologian, poet, composer and musician.In philosophy, he is celebrated for his logical solution to the problem of universals via nominalism and conceptualism and his pioneering of intent in ethics. Often referred to as the "Descartes of the twelfth century", he is considered a forerunner of Rousseau, Kant, and Spinoza. He is sometimes credited as a chief forerunner of modern empiricism.In history and popular culture, he is best known for his passionate and tragic love affair, and intense philosophical exchange, with his brilliant student and eventual wife, Héloïse d'Argenteuil. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Peter Abelard has received more than 1,395,650 page views. His biography is available in 73 different languages on Wikipedia. Peter Abelard is the 65th most popular philosopher (down from 59th in 2019), the 98th most popular biography from France (down from 92nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Philosopher.
Peter Abelard is most famous for his work as a philosopher and theologian in the 12th century. He was also a poet, mathematician, and a leading figure in the medieval intellectual movement known as scholasticism.
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Among philosophers, Peter Abelard ranks 65 out of 1,081. Before him are Herbert Spencer, Mikhail Bakunin, Edmund Husserl, Gorgias, Pliny the Elder, and Ludwig Feuerbach. After him are George Berkeley, Johann Gottlieb Fichte, Antonio Gramsci, Karl Jaspers, Rudolf Steiner, and Ramakrishna.
1820 - 1903
HPI: 78.01
Rank: 59
1814 - 1876
HPI: 77.80
Rank: 60
1859 - 1938
HPI: 77.74
Rank: 61
483 BC - 375 BC
HPI: 77.55
Rank: 62
23 - 79
HPI: 77.31
Rank: 63
1804 - 1872
HPI: 77.28
Rank: 64
1079 - 1142
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 65
1685 - 1753
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 66
1762 - 1814
HPI: 76.97
Rank: 67
1891 - 1937
HPI: 76.84
Rank: 68
1883 - 1969
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 69
1861 - 1925
HPI: 76.82
Rank: 70
1836 - 1886
HPI: 76.48
Rank: 71
Among people born in 1079, Peter Abelard ranks 1. After him are Kilij Arslan I, Judah Halevi, Gampopa, Yejong of Goryeo, Emperor Horikawa, and William II Jordan. Among people deceased in 1142, Peter Abelard ranks 1. After him are Yue Fei, Alexios Komnenos, Orderic Vitalis, Godfrey II, Count of Louvain, and Andronikos Komnenos.
1079 - 1142
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 1
1079 - 1107
HPI: 66.43
Rank: 2
1079 - 1141
HPI: 63.92
Rank: 3
1079 - 1153
HPI: 57.70
Rank: 4
1079 - 1122
HPI: 56.82
Rank: 5
1079 - 1107
HPI: 54.16
Rank: 6
1079 - 1110
HPI: 51.47
Rank: 7
1079 - 1142
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 1
1142 - 1142
HPI: 66.51
Rank: 2
1106 - 1142
HPI: 58.55
Rank: 3
1075 - 1142
HPI: 54.04
Rank: 4
1110 - 1142
HPI: 52.67
Rank: 5
1108 - 1142
HPI: 49.45
Rank: 6
Among people born in France, Peter Abelard ranks 98 out of 6,011. Before him are Maurice Ravel (1875), Jean de La Fontaine (1621), Madame de Pompadour (1721), Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736), Henry II of France (1519), and Philip V of Spain (1683). After him are Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor (1708), Charles Aznavour (1924), Louis XVII of France (1785), George Sand (1804), Charles VII of France (1403), and André Gide (1869).
1875 - 1937
HPI: 77.40
Rank: 92
1621 - 1695
HPI: 77.25
Rank: 93
1721 - 1764
HPI: 77.16
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1736 - 1806
HPI: 77.05
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1519 - 1559
HPI: 77.04
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1683 - 1746
HPI: 77.03
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1079 - 1142
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 98
1708 - 1765
HPI: 76.95
Rank: 99
1924 - 2018
HPI: 76.87
Rank: 100
1785 - 1795
HPI: 76.85
Rank: 101
1804 - 1876
HPI: 76.79
Rank: 102
1403 - 1461
HPI: 76.78
Rank: 103
1869 - 1951
HPI: 76.64
Rank: 104
Among philosophers born in France, Peter Abelard ranks 7. Before him are René Descartes (1596), Montesquieu (1689), Auguste Comte (1798), Michel de Montaigne (1533), Michel Foucault (1926), and Henri Bergson (1859). After him are Jean Bodin (1530), Pierre-Joseph Proudhon (1809), Roland Barthes (1915), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), Charles Fourier (1772), and Gilles Deleuze (1925).
1596 - 1650
HPI: 90.95
Rank: 1
1689 - 1755
HPI: 85.71
Rank: 2
1798 - 1857
HPI: 83.37
Rank: 3
1533 - 1592
HPI: 80.18
Rank: 4
1926 - 1984
HPI: 79.32
Rank: 5
1859 - 1941
HPI: 78.59
Rank: 6
1079 - 1142
HPI: 76.98
Rank: 7
1530 - 1596
HPI: 75.37
Rank: 8
1809 - 1865
HPI: 74.09
Rank: 9
1915 - 1980
HPI: 73.91
Rank: 10
1760 - 1825
HPI: 73.62
Rank: 11
1772 - 1837
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 12
1925 - 1995
HPI: 72.99
Rank: 13