Peter Abelard: The Essential Theological and Philosophical Works

List of works

Chronological bibliography

  • Logica ingredientibus ("Logic for Advanced") completed before 1121
  • Petri Abaelardi Glossae in Porphyrium ("The Glosses of Peter Abailard on Porphyry"), c. 1120
  • Dialectica, before 1125 (1115–1116 according to John Marenbon, The Philosophy of Peter Abelard, Cambridge University Press 1997).[62]
  • Logica nostrorum petitioni sociorum ("Logic in response to the request of our comrades"), c. 1124–1125
  • Tractatus de intellectibus ("A treatise on understanding"), written before 1128.[63]
  • Sic et Non ("Yes and No") (A list of quotations from Christian authorities on philosophical and theological questions)[64]
  • Theologia 'Summi Boni',[65] Theologia christiana,[66] and Theologia 'scholarium'.[65] His main work on systematic theology, written between 1120 and 1140, and which appeared in a number of versions under a number of titles (shown in chronological order)
  • Dialogus inter philosophum, Judaeum, et Christianum, (Dialogue of a Philosopher with a Jew and a Christian) 1136–1139.[67]
  • Ethica or Scito Te Ipsum ("Ethics" or "Know Yourself"), before 1140.[68]

Modern editions and translations

  • Abelard, Peter (1995). Peter Abelard: Ethical Writings. Translated by Spade, P.V. Indianapolis: Hackett.
  • "Logica Ingredientibus, Commentary of Porphyry's Isagoge". Five Texts on the Medieval Problem of Universals: Porphyry, Boethius, Abelard, Duns Scotus, Ockham. Translated by Spade, P.V. Indianapolis: Hackett. 1994.
  • Abelard, Peter; Heloise; Héloïse; Lombardo, Stanley (2007). Abelard & Héloïse: The Letters and other Writings. Translated by Levitan, William (introduction and notes by William Levitan ed.). Hackett Pub. ISBN 978-0-87220-875-9.
  • Radice, Betty (1974). The Letters of Abelard and Héloïse. London: Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0-14-044297-7.
  • Abelard, Peter and Heloise. (2009) The Letters of Heloise and Abelard. Translated by Mary McGlaughlin and Bonnie Wheeler.
  • Planctus. Consolatoria, Confessio fidei, by M. Sannelli, La Finestra editrice, Lavis 2013, ISBN 978-8895925-47-9
  • Carmen Ad Astralabium, in: Ruys J.F. (2014) Carmen ad Astralabium—English Translation. The Repentant Abelard. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137051875_5
  • The letter collection of Peter Abaelard and Heloise. (2017) Edited and translated by Peter Luscombe. Oxford Medieval Texts
  • Abelard, Peter (2020). Engels, L. J.; Veire, Christine Vande (eds.). Petri Abaelardi Sermones. Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN 978-2-503-57701-2.

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