Alberic of Paris
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Alberic of Paris was a teacher of logic in Paris in the 1130s and 1140s. He was a major critic of Peter Abelard. No writings attributed to him are extant, but he is regularly cited by contemporary logicians.[1] His followers were known as the Albricani.[2][3]
The only source for Alberic's biography is John of Salisbury's Metalogicon. According to John, Alberic came to Paris around 1136 and attended Abelard's lectures on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève. After Abelard left Paris, John attended lectures given by Alberic.[4] Alberic left Paris for the University of Bologna before 1142. He returned to Paris only after 1146 (and before John wrote the Metalogicon in 1159).[5] Upon his return, he rejected his former teaching and adopted a new one opposed to Abelard's.[1][4]