Heloise and Abelard - Letters 5-6 - Struggling Against Passion - Sadler's Lectures

01/11/2025 19 min
Heloise and Abelard - Letters 5-6 - Struggling Against Passion - Sadler's Lectures

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Episode Synopsis

This lecture discusses key ideas from the sequence of letters between two great Medieval intellectuals, lovers, and religious Heloise D'Argenteuil and Peter Abelard

It focuses specifically on the fifth and sixth letters, which are by Heloise and Abelard respectfully. In these letters both of the married lovers have opted for leaving their previous amorous and conjugal love behind and shifting their attention to God. They also both admit their ongoing struggles to see this commitment through consistently.

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