St. Anselm's Proslogion, with A Reply on Behalf of the Fool by Gaunilo and The Author's Reply to Gaunilo

Saint Anselm; Gaunilo

ISBN 10: 0268016976 / ISBN 13: 9780268016975

Editore: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979

Book has little sign of wear or use. Codice articolo BVV.0268016976.VG

Riassunto:

In the Proslogion St. Anselm presents a philosophical argument for the existence of God. Anselm's proof, known since the time of Kant as the ontological argument for the existence of God, has played an important role in the history of philosophy and has been incorporated in various forms into the systems of Descartes, Leibniz, Hegel, and others. Included in this edition of St. Anselm's Proslogion are Gaunilo's A Reply on Behalf of the Fool and St. Anselm's The Author's Reply to Gaunilo. All three works are given in the original Latin with English translation on facing pages. Professor Charlesworth provides in his introduction a helpful discussion of the context of the Proslogion in the theological tradition and in Anselm's own thought and writing. His commentary exhibits a careful analysis of Anselm's progression of thought and illuminates his argument by comparing it with the later ontological argument of Descartes. Professor Charlesworth deals critically with various interpretations of the Proslogion by later theologians, notably Aquinas and Karl Barth.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Anselm of Canterbury (1033/4-1109), also called Anselm of Aosta (Italian: Anselmo d'Aosta) after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec (French: Anselme du Bec) after his monastery, was a Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher and theologian of the Catholic Church, who held the office of archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. After his death, he was canonized as a saint.

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Titolo: St. Anselm's Proslogion, with A Reply on ...
Casa editrice: University of Notre Dame Press
Data di pubblicazione: 1979
Legatura: Brossura
Condizione: very_good