Peter Lombard Quotes on Knowledge
Peter Lombard, known as the Master of the Sentences, was an Italian theologian and bishop of Paris, and the author of the most influential textbook of medieval scholastic theology. This page collects quotes attributed to Peter Lombard on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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Attributed to Peter Lombard:
“There are four books of the Sentences: God, creation, redemption, the sacraments.”
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Attributed to Peter Lombard:
“What we believe we owe to authority; what we know we owe to reason.”
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Attributed to Peter Lombard:
“Theology is the study of God and of all things in relation to God.”
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“Sentences , bk. 4, ch. 4, sect. 1: Why the Woman was Formed from the Side of Man (tr. Giulio Silano)”
And because she is not given as slave-girl or as one to lord it over him, in the beginning she was not formed either from the highest part, nor from the lowest, but from the side of man, for the sake of conjugal partnership. If she had been made from the highest, as from the head, she might seem created for domination; but if from the lowest, as from the feet, she might seem to be created for subj -
“Cf. Genesis 2:18–25; Chaucer, Parson's Tale , 79; Matthew Henry ; Joshua ben Hananiah”
And because she is not given as slave-girl or as one to lord it over him, in the beginning she was not formed either from the highest part, nor from the lowest, but from the side of man, for the sake of conjugal partnership. If she had been made from the highest, as from the head, she might seem created for domination; but if from the lowest, as from the feet, she might seem to be created for subj