The Major Works [Includes Monologionm Proslogion and Why God Became Man]. . - ANSEL OF CANTERBURY [BRIAN DAVIES|G.R. EVANS - EDS.].
KORTE INHOUD
After Aquinas, Anselm is the most significant medieval thinker. Utterly convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, he was none the less determined to try to make sense of his Christian faith, and the result is a rigorous engagement with problems of logic which remain relevant for philosophers and theologians even today. This translation provides the first opportunity to read all of Anselm's most important works in one volume. - ;`For I do not seek to understand so that I may believe; but I believe so that I may understand. For I believe this also, that unless I believe, I shall not understand.' Does God exist? Can we know anything about God's nature? Have we any reason to think that the Christian religion is true? What is truth, anyway? Do human beings have freedom of choice? Can they have such freedom in a world created by God? These questions, and others, were ones which Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109) took very seriously. He was utterly convinced of the truth of the Christian religion, but he was...
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1998Uitgever: Oxford University Press513 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 0192825259ISBN-13: 9780192825254Koop dit boek tweedehands
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Original publisher's paperback, pictorial frontcover, 8vo: 514pp., introduction, textual note, bibliography, chronology, index. Very fine copy., Volume Oxford's World Classics. Oxford-New York, Oxford University Press. 1998 [Auteur: ANSEL OF CANTERBURY [BRIAN DAVIES/G.R. EVANS - EDS.].] [Jaar: 1998] [Titel: The Major Works [Includes Monologionm Proslogion and Why God Became Man]. .]
