Radulfus Ardens (Raoul Ardens) (died c. 1200) was a French theologian and early scholastic philosopher of the 12th century. He was born in Beaulieu, Poitou. 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 theology and ethics. In his time, he was celebrated as a preacher, and a large number of his sermons survive. He was under the influence of Gilbert de la Porrée.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

Peter the Chanter Peter Cantor (died 1197), also known as Peter the Chanter or by his Latin name Petrus Cantor, was a French Roman Catholic theologian.Richard I of England, 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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