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The Proslogion marked what would be the beginning of Saint Anselm's famous and highly controversial ontological arguments for the existence of God.Anselm's first and most famous argument is found at the end of Chapter II, and it is followed by his second argument.
Theologian and philosopher Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) proposed an ontological argument in the 2nd and 3rd chapters of his Proslogion. [18] Anselm's argument was not presented in order to prove God's existence; rather, Proslogion was a work of meditation in which he documented how the idea of God became self-evident to him. [19]
Gaunilo's objection to the ontological argument has been criticised on several grounds. Anselm's own reply was essentially that Gaunilo had missed his point: any other being's existence is derived from God's, unnecessary in itself, and nonamenable to his ontological argument which can only ever properly apply to the single greatest being of all beings.
Anselm uses this expression for the first time in his Proslogion (I). It articulates the close relationship between faith and human reason . Anselm of Canterbury states: " Neque enim quaero intelligere ut credam, sed credo ut intelligam " [ 1 ] ("I do not seek to understand in order that I may believe, but rather, I believe in order that I may ...
Anselm of Canterbury OSB (/ ˈ æ n s ɛ l m /; 1033/4–1109), also called Anselm of Aosta (French: Anselme d'Aoste, Italian: Anselmo d'Aosta) after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec (French: Anselme du Bec) after his monastery, was an Italian [4] Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher, and theologian of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
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