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Abelard s the story of my misfortunes, like boethius the consolation of philosophy, revolves around the rhetor or teachers role in the public life, concerning especially unjust treatment by others who are threatened by the teachers success. Abelard, peter, cram, ralph adams, bellows, henry adams. Therefore i judge that the authors aim, that, in comparing your sorrows with mine, you may discover that yours are in truth nought, or at the most of small account, and so shall you come to bear them more easily, foreword, has found its target. The story of my misfortunes by pierre abelard rakuten kobo. In addition to its value as a scholarly treatise, the story of my misfortunes offers the rare opportunity to observe a legendary romance from the point of view of one of its participants.
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