Anselm's Proslogion With the Replies of Gaunilo and Anselm - Brossura

Daniel, David Mills

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0334040388 ISBN 13: 9780334040385

Casa editrice: Scm Pr, 2006

Riassunto

Briefly: Anselm's Proslogion is a summary of St. Anselm's Proslogion Argument on the Existence of God which is designed to assist university and school-leaving students in acquiring knowledge and understanding of this key text in the philosophy of religion. The book closely adheres to Anselm's text, enabling the reader to follow each development in the argument as it occurs. An introductory chapter provides a brief introduction to Anselm and the period in which he wrote and why Proslogion is so significant. Following the detailed summary is a short overview to aid memory. With suggestions for further reading and an extensive glossary of terms found in Proslogion, this book is a thorough introduction for those starting their study of St. Anselm's work.

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L'autore:

David Mills Daniel is an Educational Consultant and is Chief Examiner for the International GCSE in Religious Studies for Edexcel International and Senior GCSE Examiner in Religious Studies for Edexcel. He is also a Team Leader for the OCR at AS-level in the area of 'Critical Thinking' and also an OCR Moderator at GCSE level in Religious Studies. Prior to his consultancy work Dr Daniels was Associate Research Fellow in the School of Education at the University of Leeds.

Product Description:

St. Anselm (1033-1109) was an Italian theologian and philosopher and the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093-1097. He is best known for his work, "Proslogion", in which he defends the Church and sets out his philosophy and argument for the existence of God, now known as the "Ontological Argument". "OA" is now a commonly studied subject at schools and universities, yet this critical, original treatise outlining the OA is often misunderstood by readers. Here in the "Briefly" text, the author guides the reader through Anselm's argument concerning existence and whether it is an attribute of God in the same way omnipotence, omniscience and benevolence are believed to be. As such the argument is an a priori argument. It does not rest on proving God's existence from the empirical realm but on showing that God must exist logically (or that God's non-existence is illogical).The main idea behind Anselm's argument is that epistemology (what we know) IS ontology (what there is); or, that if it is possible to conceive of X, then X must surely exist.

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• Editore: Scm Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0334040388
• ISBN 13: 9780334040385
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 74