William of Champeaux

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William of Champeaux was a prominent early 12th-century French philosopher and theologian, known as a leading realist in medieval scholasticism and an influential teacher in Paris.

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William of Champeaux canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Catholic bishop ⓘ
Christian theologian ⓘ
French person ⓘ
human ⓘ
medieval philosopher ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
scholastic philosopher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 12th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
denomination Roman Catholic Church ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
doctrine extreme realism about universals ⓘ
educatedAt Cathedral school of Paris ⓘ
School of Laon ⓘ
linked to: Collège de Laon
founded Abbey of Saint-Victor, Paris ⓘ
influenced Hugh of Saint Victor ⓘ
linked to: Hugh of St. Victor

Peter Abelard ⓘ
early scholastic realism ⓘ
knownFor defense of realist theory of universals ⓘ
founding the school of Saint-Victor ⓘ
role in the origins of the University of Paris ⓘ
teaching at the cathedral school of Paris ⓘ
mainInterest logic ⓘ
metaphysics ⓘ
theology ⓘ
movement scholasticism ⓘ
name William of Champeaux ⓘ
nativeLanguage Latin ⓘ
Old French ⓘ
notableStudent Gilbert of Poitiers ⓘ
Hugh of Saint Victor ⓘ
linked to: Hugh of St. Victor

Peter Abelard ⓘ
notableWork Commentaries on Porphyry’s Isagoge ⓘ
Logical treatises (lost or fragmentary) ⓘ
occupation Catholic bishop ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
theologian ⓘ
philosophicalSchool realism ⓘ
placeOfBirth Champeaux, Île-de-France (approximate) ⓘ
placeOfDeath Châlons-en-Champagne (approximate) ⓘ
positionHeld archdeacon of Paris ⓘ
bishop of Châlons-en-Champagne ⓘ
canon of Notre-Dame de Paris ⓘ
master at the cathedral school of Paris ⓘ
religion Catholicism ⓘ
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Canons Regular of Saint Victor ⓘ
studentOf Anselm of Laon ⓘ
workLocation Châlons-en-Champagne ⓘ
Paris ⓘ

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Peter Abelard → studentOf → William of Champeaux ⓘ
William of Champeaux → name → William of Champeaux ⓘ