Dear listfellows,
Here's one for those of you who know their classics. Abelard, in his
"Dialogue between a Philosopher, a Jew and a Christian", has his
philosopher quote another, who has remained unidentified in the
editions by Thomas (1978) and Krautz (1995). The quote is as follows:
Quales quidem philosophorum quidam arguit dicens: "Neve, si quid in
puerilibus acceperint, id sacrosanctum iudicent, quoniam quidem res
teneris auribus accommodatas saepe philosophiae senior tractatus
eliminat."
Krautz notes a parallel in Alanus ab Insulis, De planctu naturae,
Migne PL 210, col. 451C, but Alan wrote of course much later.
Can anyone help?
Cheers, Christoph
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