The letters of Anselm of Canterbury (died 1109) provide the clearest insight into his mind and action, and they also constitute one of our finest vantage points to observe the formation of those profound forces moulding Europe in the late eleventh- and early twelfth centuries. T…
"Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109 CE), in his work Proslogion, originated the “ontological argument” for God's existence, famously arguing that “something than which nothing greater can be conceived,” which he identifies with God, must actually exist, for otherwise something grea…
"The study provides a reappraisal of the controversy over the value of logic in theology in the eleventh century, which has for a long time been a theme central to the historiography of early medieval thought." "In the four chapters of the work the author gives close exegesis of…