Monologion

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Monologion is a philosophical and theological treatise by Anselm of Canterbury that presents rational arguments for the existence and nature of God.

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Monologion canonical 6

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instanceOf philosophical treatise ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
aim to analyze the nature of the divine essence ⓘ
to demonstrate God’s existence by reason ⓘ
alternativeTitle Monologium ⓘ
associatedWith medieval philosophy ⓘ
scholasticism ⓘ
author Anselm of Canterbury ⓘ
authorBirthName Anselm of Aosta ⓘ
authorEcclesiasticalTitle Archbishop of Canterbury ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of England ⓘ
dateWritten 11th century ⓘ
follows no explicit scriptural authority ⓘ
genre natural theology ⓘ
scholastic philosophy ⓘ
hasPart arguments for a highest good ⓘ
arguments for a supreme being ⓘ
discussion of divine attributes ⓘ
discussion of the Trinity ⓘ
historicalSignificance early systematic work of scholastic theology ⓘ
foundational text in Anselm’s philosophical theology ⓘ
influenced Proslogion ⓘ
later scholastic theology ⓘ
medieval metaphysics ⓘ
influencedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Neoplatonism ⓘ
mainTopic Trinity ⓘ
divine attributes ⓘ
divine goodness ⓘ
divine simplicity ⓘ
divine unity ⓘ
existence of God ⓘ
nature of God ⓘ
methodologicalFeature independent of biblical revelation ⓘ
uses reason alone ⓘ
originalTitle Monologion ⓘ
originalTitleLanguage Latin ⓘ
philosophicalApproach a priori reasoning ⓘ
metaphysical argumentation ⓘ
rational argument ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Canterbury ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
theologicalOrientation Christian theology ⓘ
Latin Christian theology ⓘ
writtenByOccupationOfAuthor Benedictine monk ⓘ
archbishop ⓘ

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Anselm of Canterbury → notableWork → Monologion ⓘ
Proslogion → follows → Monologion ⓘ
Monologion → originalTitle → Monologion ⓘ
Anselmian corpus → hasPart → Monologion ⓘ