Research Catalog

Title

The major works / Anselm of Canterbury ; edited with an introduction by Brian Davies and G.R. Evans.

Author

Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109

Publication

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Davies, Brian, 1951-
• Evans, G. R. (Gillian Rosemary)

Description

xxvii, 513 p.; 20 cm.

Summary

Although utterly convinced of the truth of Christianity, Anselm of Canterbury struggled to make sense of his religion. He considered the doctrines of faith an invitation to question, to think, and to learn; and he devoted his life to confronting and understanding the most elusive aspects of Christianity. His writings on matters such as free will, the nature of truth, and the existence of God make Anselm one of the greatest theologians and philosophers in history, and this translation provides readers with their first opportunity to read his most important works within a single volume.

Series Statement

Oxford world's classics

Uniform Title

• Works. Selections. English. 1998
• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)

Alternative Title

• Works. 1998
• Anselm of Canterbury, The major works

Subject

• Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109
• 1100-1200
• Philosophy, Medieval
• Theology, Doctrinal > Early works to 1800

Genre/Form

Early works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxvi]-xxvii) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Letter to Archbishop Lanfranc --- Monologion --- Proslogion --- Pro insipiente (On behalf of the fool), by Gaunilo of Marmoutiers --- Reply to Gaunilo --- De Grammatico (Dialogue on literacy and the literate) --- On truth --- On free will --- On the fall of the devil --- On the incarnation of the Word --- Why God became man --- On the virgin conception and original sin --- On the procession of the Holy Spirit --- De concordia (The compatibility of God's foreknowledge, predestination, and grace with human freedom) --- Philosophical fragments.

ISBN

0192825259 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^97050479^

OCLC

• 38105718
• SCSB-11400237

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library