The
Latin Quarter is situated on the Rive Gauche, within the
5th and
6th arrondissements in the vicinity of the
University of Paris. In the 12th century, the philosopher
Peter Abélard helped create the neighborhood when due to his controversial teaching, he was pressured into moving from the prestigious
Île de la Cité to a less conspicuous residence. As he and his followers populated the Left Bank, it became famous for the prevalence of scholarly
Latin spoken there. The area's origin story formed the basis of the saying, "Paris 'learned to think' on the Left Bank." == See also ==