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Anselm of Canterbury OSB (/ ˈ æ n s ɛ l m /; 1033/4–1109), also called Anselm of Aosta (French: Anselme d'Aoste, Italian: Anselmo d'Aosta) after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec (French: Anselme du Bec) after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher, and theologian of the Catholic Church, who held the office of ...
May 18, 2000 · Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) was the outstanding Christian philosopher and theologian of the eleventh century. He is best known for the celebrated “ontological argument” for the existence of God in the Proslogion , but his contributions to philosophical theology (and indeed to philosophy more generally) go well beyond the ...
Apr 17, 2024 · Saint Anselm of Canterbury, Italian-born theologian and philosopher, known as the father of Scholasticism, a philosophical school of thought that dominated the Middle Ages. He is the originator of the ontological argument for God and the satisfaction theory of redemption.
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Saint Anselm was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the eleventh century. He is most famous in philosophy for having discovered and articulated the so-called “ ontological argument ;” and in theology for his doctrine of the atonement.
At Bec, Anselm made his first great intellectual contribution: he attempted to prove the existence of God. He set out his famous ontological argument in his Proslogion . God is "that which...
Anselm: Ontological Argument for God’s. Existence. One of the most fascinating arguments for the existence of an all-perfect God is the ontological argument. While there are several different versions of the argument, all purport to show that it is self-contradictory to deny that there exists a greatest possible being.
Jul 25, 2021 · Saint Anselm (A.D. 1033–1109) was an Italian monk, philosopher, and theologian who served as Archbishop of Canterbury for 16 years. He’s most famous for his spirited defenses of the incarnation and belief in God (though you might remember him from a brief reference in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade!). He’s considered one of the ...
