Anselm's Proslogion

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Anselm's Proslogion is a 11th-century philosophical and theological work by Anselm of Canterbury that famously presents the original formulation of the ontological argument for the existence of God.

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Anselm’s Proslogion 3
Anselm and Actuality 1
Anselm's Proslogion canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf medieval Latin text ⓘ
philosophical work ⓘ
theological treatise ⓘ
alternativeTitle Faith Seeking Understanding ⓘ
Fides Quaerens Intellectum ⓘ
approximateDateWritten c. 1077–1078 ⓘ
author Anselm of Canterbury ⓘ
Saint Anselm ⓘ
centralConcept that than which nothing greater can be conceived ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
criticizedBy Gaunilo of Marmoutiers ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
Thomas Aquinas ⓘ
linked to: St. Thomas Aquinas
dateWritten 11th century ⓘ
field metaphysics ⓘ
philosophy ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
theology ⓘ
genre Christian theology ⓘ
philosophy of religion ⓘ
scholastic philosophy ⓘ
hasCommentary Gaunilo's On Behalf of the Fool ⓘ
hasKeyTheme divine attributes ⓘ
necessary existence of God ⓘ
rational exploration of faith ⓘ
relationship between faith and understanding ⓘ
influenced Alvin Plantinga ⓘ
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz ⓘ
Immanuel Kant ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
ontological arguments in modern philosophy ⓘ
language Latin ⓘ
literaryForm meditation ⓘ
prayer ⓘ
mainSubject existence of God ⓘ
faith and reason ⓘ
nature of God ⓘ
ontological argument ⓘ
notableFor definition of God as that than which nothing greater can be conceived ⓘ
original formulation of the ontological argument ⓘ
originalTitle Proslogion ⓘ
partOf medieval Christian philosophy ⓘ
philosophicalSchool Scholasticism ⓘ
placeWritten Bec Abbey ⓘ
Normandy ⓘ
previousWorkingTitle Fides Quaerens Intellectum ⓘ
religiousTradition Catholic theology ⓘ
Christianity ⓘ
structure series of meditations ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gödel's ontological proof → relatedTo → Anselm's Proslogion ⓘ
Philosophical Papers, Volume I → containsWork → Anselm and Actuality ⓘ
linked to: Anselm's Proslogion
Gaunilo’s “On Behalf of the Fool” → critiquesWork → Anselm’s Proslogion ⓘ
linked to: Anselm's Proslogion
Gaunilo’s “On Behalf of the Fool” → preservedWith → Anselm’s Proslogion ⓘ
linked to: Anselm's Proslogion
Gaunilo’s “On Behalf of the Fool” → counteredBy → Anselm’s “Reply to Gaunilo” ⓘ
linked to: Anselm's Proslogion
Gaunilo of Marmoutiers → wroteInResponseTo → Anselm’s Proslogion ⓘ
linked to: Anselm's Proslogion