ALAIN DE See also:

• LILLE

LILLE [Alanus de Insulis] (c. 1128-1202)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French theologian and poet, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born, probably at See also:

• LILLE

Lille, some years before 1128 . Little is known of his See also:

• LIFE

life . He seems to have taught in the See also:

• SCHOOLS

schools of See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris,, and he attended the Lateran See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council in 1179 . He afterwards inhabited See also:

• MONTPELLIER

Montpellier (he is sometimes called Alanus de Montepessulano), lived for a See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time outside the walls of any See also:

• CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister, and finally retired to Citeaux, where he died in 1202 . He had a very widespread reputation during his lifetime and his knowledge, more varied than profound, caused him to be called See also:

• DOCTOR (Lat. for " teacher ")

Doctor universals . Among his very numerous See also:

• WORKS

works two poems entitle him to a distinguished See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in the Latin literature of the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages; one of these, the De planctu naturae, is an ingenious See also:

• SATIRE (Lat. satira, satura; see below)

satire on the vices of humanity; the other, the Anticlaudianus, a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on morals, the See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of which recalls the pamphlet of Claudian against See also:

• RUFINUS, TYRANNIUS

Rufinus, is agreeably versified and relatively pure in its latinity . As a theologian Alain de Lille shared in the mystic reaction of the second See also:

• HALF

half of the 12th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century against the scholastic See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy . His See also:

• MYSTICISM (from Or. µuety, to shut the eyes; µuorrts, one initiated into the mysteries)

mysticism, how-ever, is far from being as See also:

• ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute as that of the Victorines . In the Anticlaudianus he sums up as follows: See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

Reason, guided by prudence, can unaided discover most of the truths of the See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order; for the See also:

• APPREHENSION (Lat. ad, to; prehendere, to seize)

apprehension of religious truths it must See also:

• TRUST

trust to faith . This See also:

• RULE

rule is completed in his treatise, Ars catholicae fidei, as follows: See also:

• THEOLOGY

Theology itself may be demonstrated by reason . Alain even ventures an immediate application of this principle, and tries to prove geometrically the dogmas defined in the Creed . This bold See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt is entirely factitious and verbal, and it is only his employment of various terms not generally used in such a connexion (See also:

• AXIOM (Gr. &iwµa)

axiom, theorem, corollary, etc.) that gives his treatise its apparent originality .

Alain de Lille has often been See also:

• CON

con-founded with other persons named Alain, in particular with Alain, See also:

• ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop of See also:

• AUXERRE

Auxerre; Alan, See also:

• ABBOT (from the Hebrew ab, a father, through the Syriac abba, Lat. abbas, gen. abbatis, O.E. abbad, fr. late Lat. form abbad-em changed in 13th century under influence of the Lat. form to abbat, used alternatively till the end of the 17th century; Ger. Ab
• ABBOT, EZRA (1819-1884)
• ABBOT, GEORGE (1603-1648)
• ABBOT, ROBERT (1588?–1662?)
• ABBOT, WILLIAM (1798-1843)

abbot of See also:

• TEWKESBURY

Tewkesbury, Alain de Podio, etc . Certain facts of their lives have been attributed to him, as well as some of their works: thus the Life of St See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

Bernard should be ascribed to See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

Main of Auxerre and the Commentary upon See also:

• MERLIN, ANTOINE CHRISTOPHE (1762-1833)
• MERLIN, PHILIPPE ANTOINE, COUNT (1754-1838)

Merlin to Alan of Tewkesbury . Neither is the philosopher of Lille the author of a Memoriale rerum difficilium, published under his name; and it is exceedingly doubtful whether the Dicta See also:

• ALANI (Gr. 'AXavoi, 'AAavvoi ; Chinese 'O-lan-na; since the 9th century A.U. they have been called As, Russ. Jasy, Georgian Ossi)

Alani de lapide philosophico really issued from his See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

pen . On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, it now seems practically demonstrated that Alain de Lille was the author of the Ars catholicae fidei and the treatise Contra haereticos . The works of Alain de Lille have been published by See also:

• MIGNE, JACQUES PAUL (1800-1875)

Migne, Patrologia See also:

• LATINA, VIA

Latina, vol. cex . A See also:

• CRITICAL (in alphabetical order of authors)

critical edition of the Anticlaudianus and of the De planctu naturae is given by Th . See also:

• WRIGHT, CARROLL DAVIDSON (1840-1909)
• WRIGHT, CHAUNCEY (1830-1875)
• WRIGHT, JOSEPH (1734-1797)
• WRIGHT, SILAS (1795-1847)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1809–1884)
• WRIGHT, THOMAS (1810—1877)
• WRIGHT, WILLIAM ALDIS (1836– )

Wright in vol. ii. of the Anglo-Latin Satirical Poets and Epigrammatists of the Twelfth Century (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1872) . See See also:

• HAUREAU, (JEAN) BARTHELEMY (1812-1896)

Haureau, Memoire sur la See also:

• VIE

vie et quelques oeuvres d'Alain de Lille (Paris, 1885) ; M . Baumgartner, See also:

• DIE
• DIE (Fr. de, from Lat. datum, given)

Die Philosophie See also:

• DES

des Alanus de Insulis (See also:

• MUNSTER
• MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN (1489-1552)

Munster, 1896) . • (P .