> Moreover, the great fathers of the 3rd-5th centuries were much closer
> to this sort of rhetorical logic argumentation than were the great
> scholastics of the thirteenth century. So, in a course on the
> _fathers_, I think Bernard's place or lack of place should not be
> determined on the basis of his manner of argumentation. If anything,
> that principle would argue for his inclusion and for the exclusion of
> Abelard.
>
Alas, I fear you're right; which is why I put in Bernard and, with
regret, left out my beloved Abelard.
But I still don't like Bernard.
Oriens.
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