French philosopher and theologian known as the originator of an extreme form of nominalism holding that universals are nothing more than verbal ... [4 related articles]
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(c. 1050-c 1120) born at Compiegne, France, probably studied in Soissons and Rheims. He taught as Canon of Compiene, and at Tours, Loches (where Abelard was his pupil) and Besancon. Noted in philosophy for his extremely nominalistic solution to the problem of universals. Theologically, he was accused of tritheism. No major works are extant and his....
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