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of the 12th century. He was born in Beaulieu,

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. He is known for his ''Summa de vitiis et virtutibus'' or ''Speculum universale'' (universal mirror). It is in 14 volumes and is a systematic work of

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and

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. In his time, he was celebrated as a preacher, and a large number of his sermons survive. He was under the influence of

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.Stephen C. Ferruolo, ''The Origins of the University: The Schools of Paris and Their Critics, 1100-1215'' (1985), p. 193. He is thought to have been a student of

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, through most of the 1190s.

References

*Johannes Gründel, ''Die Lehre des Radulfus Ardens von den Verstandestugenden auf dem Hintergund seinen Seelenlehre'', Munich et al.: Schöningh, 1976, (=Veröffentlichungen des Grabmann-Institutes zur Erforschung der mittelalterlichen Theologie und Philosophie; N.F., vol. 27 Münchener Universitäts-Schriften, Fachbereich katholische Theologie), simultaneously Munich, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 1966. .

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