The major works / Anselm of Canterbury ; edited with an introduction by Brian Davies and G.R. Evans.

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Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109

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TextLanguage: English Original language: Latin Series: Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)Publication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (xxxv, 513 pages)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

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9780191568312
0191568317
1280762322
9781280762321

Uniform titles:

Works. Selections. English. 1998

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Major works.DDC classification:

189/.4 21

LOC classification:

B765.A82 E54 1998eb

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08.22
11.52

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Contents:

Letter to Archbishop Lanfranc -- Monologion -- Proslogion -- Pro insipiente (On behalf of the fool), by Gaunilo of Marmoutiers -- Reply to Gaunilo -- De Grammatico (Dialogue on literacy and the literate) -- On truth -- On free will -- On the fall of the devil -- On the incarnation of the Word -- Why God became man -- On the virgin conception and original sin -- On the procession of the Holy Spirit -- De concordia (The compatibility of God's foreknowledge, predestination, and grace with human freedom) -- Philosophical fragments.

Summary: After Aquinas, Anselm is the most significant medieval thinker. Utterly convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, he was none the less determined to try to make sense of his Christian faith, and the result is a rigorous engagement with problems of logic which remain relevant for philosophers and theologians even today. This translation provides the first opportunity to read all of Anselm's most important works in one volume. - ;`For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not unde.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages xxvi-xxvii) and index.

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After Aquinas, Anselm is the most significant medieval thinker. Utterly convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, he was none the less determined to try to make sense of his Christian faith, and the result is a rigorous engagement with problems of logic which remain relevant for philosophers and theologians even today. This translation provides the first opportunity to read all of Anselm's most important works in one volume. - ;`For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not unde.

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