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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instanceOf Catholic bishop
Christian theologian
French person
human
medieval philosopher
philosopher
scholastic philosopher
theologian
centuryOfActivity 12th century
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France NERFINISHED
denomination Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
doctrine extreme realism about universals
educatedAt Cathedral school of Paris NERFINISHED
School of Laon NERFINISHED
founded Abbey of Saint-Victor, Paris NERFINISHED
influenced Hugh of Saint Victor NERFINISHED
Peter Abelard NERFINISHED
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 NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Latin
Old French
notableStudent Gilbert of Poitiers NERFINISHED
Hugh of Saint Victor NERFINISHED
Peter Abelard NERFINISHED
notableWork Commentaries on Porphyry’s Isagoge NERFINISHED
Logical treatises (lost or fragmentary)
occupation Catholic bishop
philosopher
teacher
theologian
philosophicalSchool realism
placeOfBirth Champeaux, Île-de-France (approximate) NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Châlons-en-Champagne (approximate) NERFINISHED
positionHeld archdeacon of Paris
bishop of Châlons-en-Champagne
canon of Notre-Dame de Paris
master at the cathedral school of Paris
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Catholicism
religiousOrder Canons Regular of Saint Victor NERFINISHED
studentOf Anselm of Laon NERFINISHED
workLocation Châlons-en-Champagne NERFINISHED
Paris

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Peter Abelard studentOf William of Champeaux