French medieval philosopher and theologian who defended extreme realism about universals and was famously refuted by his student Abelard.
Defended the position that universals are wholly present in each individual instantiating them — a view Abelard demolished by asking what makes individuals of the same species distinct if they share one fully present universal.
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