Anselm of Canterbury : The Major Works.
Title:
Anselm of Canterbury : The Major Works.
Author:
Anselm, St.
ISBN:
9780191568312
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (709 pages)
Series:
Oxford World's Classics
Contents:
Cover -- Copyright Page -- Title Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on the Text and Translators -- Select Bibliography -- A Chronology of Anselm's Life -- THE MAJOR WORKS -- 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 -- Index -- Footnotes.
Abstract:
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 understand.'. Does God exist? Can we know anything about God's nature? Have we any reason to think that the Christian religion is true? What is truth, anyway? Do human beings have freedom of choice? Can they have such freedom in a world created by God?. These questions, and others, were ones which Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109) took very seriously. He was utterly convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, but he was also determined to try to make sense of his Christian faith. Recognizing that the Christian God is incomprehensible, he also believed that Christianity is not simply something to be swallowed with mouth open and eyes shut. For Anselm, the doctrines of Christianity are an invitation to question, to think, and to learn. Anselm is studied today because his rigour of thought and clarity of writing place him among the greatest of theologians and philosophers. This translation provides readers with their first opportunity to read all of his most important works within the covers of a single volume. -.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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