Peter Abelard
1079–1142
“Conceptualism — universals as concepts in the mind, neither things nor names.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TDTheoretical Drive9 / 10
- TRTrust in Reason8 / 10
- RTReverence for Tradition8 / 10
- SSSovereign Self7 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Ali ShariatiCARTOGRAPHER
Red Shiism — revolutionary Islam against Western alienation.
- Muhammad IqbalLIGHTHOUSE
Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam — the ego as God's collaborator.
- Adrian PiperCARTOGRAPHER
Rationality and the Structure of the Self — Kant and Black conceptual art.
- Heloise of ArgenteuilCARTOGRAPHER
Letters to Abelard — love as the truest motive, not law or duty.
- Erasmus of RotterdamCARTOGRAPHER
Praise of Folly — Christian humanism, free will against Luther.
- Tariq RamadanCARTOGRAPHER
European Islam — internal reform without secular flattening.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Peter Abelard's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Peter Abelard or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREPeter Abelard vs Ali ShariatiOn Mull's map Ali Shariati sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶