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The Proslogion (Latin: Proslogium, lit. 'Discourse') is a prayer (or meditation) written by the medieval cleric Saint Anselm of Canterbury between 1077 and 1078. In each chapter, Anselm juxtaposes contrasting attributes of God to resolve apparent contradictions in Christian theology.
Sep 8, 2022 · Learn about the life and work of St. Anselm of Canterbury, who wrote the Proslogion, a book that contains his famous ontological argument for God's existence. Find out how Anselm developed his argument, how it was criticised, and how it influenced later philosophers.
Proslogion 85 12. That ~od is the very life by which He lives and that the same You, where and how to find You. Lord, if You are not present here, holds for like attributes where, since You are absent, shall I look for You? On the other hand, 13.
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May 18, 2000 · 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 ontological argument. In what follows I examine Anselm’s theistic proofs, his conception of the divine nature, and his account ...
Anselm’s later work, the Proslogion (1077/78; “Address” or “Allocution”), contains his most famous proof of the existence of God. It begins with a datum of faith: humans believe God to be the being than which none greater can be conceived. Some say there is no God, but even a….
Jun 27, 2024 · In many general histories of philosophy, Anselm's role is that of inventing the so-called Ontological Argument for the existence of God, which occupies about two pages in Chapters 2 and (some say) 3 of his Proslogion.
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This chapter considers the Proslogion, where Anselm supplied a proof in the “ontological argument”. This argument was almost immediately misunderstood by Gaunilo, whose incomprehension has been a baneful influence on subsequent interpretations as well.
