... marriage (Abelard, 70). This illustrates Abelard's recklessness and need for measure. On a broader social scale, I realized that they are both exploring areas of love that perhaps have previously been poorly explained or illustrated: a constant roller-coaster of love described by the troubadour Ventadorn, and the struggle for measure and balance between two of Abelard's affections. Bernart De Ventadorn's exploration of human love defines ... of how bad things have become for him, in an attempt to make his friend feel more comfortable in their situation, or at least Abelard wanted to mak...

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... seems, that in order to make a wise decision, in general, one needs to incorporate both emotions and logic, as it allows for the weighting of both sides. Along side the view that the acquiring of knowledge is a product of logic and emotions, are the studies carried out by Antonio Damasio . Essentially Damasio concluded, after studying those with both healthy and damaged brains that in ... logic. Furthermore, Damasio research showed that those without the emotional component present in their brains, they would find themselves unable to make a decision, as they would be either bogged down b...

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