A brilliant instructor, he was a controversial figure during his time, probably due to his habit of visiting other schools and arguing with the instructors.
He was nicknamed "The Indomitable Rhinoceros", and his school for rhetoric, logic, dialectic, and theology drew scholars from all over France, where he taught such students as John of Salisbury and Peter Lombard. A brilliant instructor, he was a controversial figure during his time, probably due to his habit of visiting other schools and arguing with the instructors. Oh, and he also caused quite a stir by having an affair with one of his students. FTP, identify this scholastic, author of Sic et Non, who was castrated after his affair with Heloise.
He was nicknamed "The Indomitable Rhinoceros", and his school for rhetoric, logic, dialectic, and theology drew scholars from all over France, where he taught such students as John of Salisbury and Peter Lombard.
Peter {Abelard}