Paris Past Present volume 1
Paris Past Present volume 1
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The names of Guillaume de Champeaux, of Pierre Abailard, of Robert de Melun, of Joscelin, of Pierre Lombard, etc. , attracted so many students from every country in Euroj)e to Paris that there were not enough houses to accommodate them, and they were compelled to bivouac in the suburbs like soldiers. Even the masters were obliged sometimes to give their lessons out of doors, and chroniclers inform us that Abailard, who was always followed by three thousand to four thousand disciples, establishe...d his camp on the summit of Mount Saint Genevieve, or out on the Pre aux Clercs.
That was the epoch when the philosophy of Aristotle was all the rage in Paris, and the opinions of the great Stagirites, even the most erroneous or the most curious, were considered as articles of faith in all the colleges of the University. This frenzy, this delirium was not for a day or a year only ; during seven oi' eight centuries the work of Aristotle was con- 164 PARIS.
sidered that of an angel, which could not be touched or changed without committing sacri- lege ; and the wise but unfortunate Ramus just now referred to, was assassinated for hav- ing publicly declared " que tout ce qu'Aristole a enseigne n'est quefausete et chimere.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
The names of Guillaume de Champeaux, of Pierre Abailard, of Robert de Melun, of Joscelin, of Pierre Lombard, etc. , attracted so many students from every country in Euroj)e to Paris that there were not enough houses to accommodate them, and they were compelled to bivouac in the suburbs like soldiers. Even the masters were obliged sometimes to give their lessons out of doors, and chroniclers inform us that Abailard, who was always followed by three thousand to four thousand disciples, establishe...d his camp on the summit of Mount Saint Genevieve, or out on the Pre aux Clercs.
That was the epoch when the philosophy of Aristotle was all the rage in Paris, and the opinions of the great Stagirites, even the most erroneous or the most curious, were considered as articles of faith in all the colleges of the University. This frenzy, this delirium was not for a day or a year only ; during seven oi' eight centuries the work of Aristotle was con- 164 PARIS.
sidered that of an angel, which could not be touched or changed without committing sacri- lege ; and the wise but unfortunate Ramus just now referred to, was assassinated for hav- ing publicly declared " que tout ce qu'Aristole a enseigne n'est quefausete et chimere.
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