Bernard of Clairvaux is remembered for arguments the next generation could not ignore.
The record lists Bernard of Clairvaux as Burgundian saint, abbot and theologian (1090–1153).
Bernard of Clairvaux was born at Fontaine-lès-Dijon in 1091. His recorded nationality is France.
Thought in this period moved between the Islamic world, the Jewish communities and the Latin West, and the same texts were argued over in three traditions.
The recorded fields of work are philosophy, theology and monastic life.
Among his principal works are Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles, De diligendo Deo and Letters. A philosophical position survives not by being proved but by resisting every attempt to dispose of it.
That the work was done from France matters: philosophical traditions, institutions and the language of publication have never been evenly distributed.
Bernard of Clairvaux died in 1153, aged 62. The arguments remain in print, which is the form in which philosophy survives.
Achievements
- Notable work: Sermons on the Canticle of Canticles
- Notable work: De diligendo Deo
- Notable work: Letters
- Fields: philosophy, theology and monastic life
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