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> [I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather than the trophies of war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/i-preferred-the-weapons-of-dialectic-to-all-the-other-teachings-of/)

[Peter Abelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abelard/)

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## More by Peter Abelard

> [“Assiduous and frequent questioning is indeed the first key to wisdom... for by doubting we come to inquiry; through inquiring we perceive the truth...”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/assiduous-and-frequent-questioning-is-indeed-the-first-key-to-wisdom/)

[Peter Abelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abelard/)

> [By doubting we come to inquiry. By inquiry we come to Truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/by-doubting-we-come-to-inquiry-by-inquiry-we-come-to-truth/)

[Peter Abelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abelard/)

> [The key to wisdom is this - constant and frequent questioning, for by doubting we are led to question and by questioning we arrive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/the-key-to-wisdom-is-this-constant-and-frequent-questioning-for-by/)

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> [I had wished to find in philosophy and religion a remedy for my disgrace; I searched out an asylum to secure me from love...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/i-had-wished-to-find-in-philosophy-and-religion-a-remedy-for-my/)

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> [“By doubting we are led to enquiry, and by enquiry we discern the truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/by-doubting-we-are-led-to-enquiry-and-by-enquiry-we-discern-the-truth/)

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> [In comparing your sorrows with mine, you may discover that yours are in truth nought.. and so shall you come to bear them the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/in-comparing-your-sorrows-with-mine-you-may-discover-that-yours-are/)

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> [Chess is a good way to learn, to keep your brain fit and the ego in check, a mental form of your local gymnasium.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/chess-is-a-good-way-to-learn-to-keep-your-brain-fit-and-the-ego-in/)

[Peter Abelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abelard/)

> [I preferred the weapons of dialectic to all the other teachings of philosophy, and armed with these, I chose the conflicts of disputation rather…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/i-preferred-the-weapons-of-dialectic-to-all-the-other-teachings-of/)

[Peter Abelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abelard/)

> [“We do many things carelessly or unwillingly, but nothing studiously unless we are willing and apply ourselves.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/we-do-many-things-carelessly-or-unwillingly-but-nothing-studiously/)

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> [The purpose and cause of the incarnation was that He might illuminate the world by His wisdom and excite it to the love of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/the-purpose-and-cause-of-the-incarnation-was-that-he-might-illuminate/)

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> [Are you not moved to tears and bitter compassion, when you behold the only Son of God seized by the most impious, dragged away,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/are-you-not-moved-to-tears-and-bitter-compassion-when-you-behold-the/)

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> [We call an intention good which is right in itself, but the action is good, not because it contains within it some good, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/we-call-an-intention-good-which-is-right-in-itself-but-the-action-is/)

[Peter Abelard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-abelard/)

> [“By doubting we come to enquiry, and through enquiry we perceive truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/by-doubting-we-come-to-enquiry-and-through-enquiry-we-perceive-truth/)

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> [Language is generated by the intellect and generates the intellect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/language-is-generated-by-the-intellect-and-generates-the-intellect/)

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> [“The master key of knowledge is, indeed, a persistent and frequent questioning. Aristotle, the most clear-sighted of all the philosophers, was desirous above all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-abelard/the-master-key-of-knowledge-is-indeed-a-persistent-and-frequent/)

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