UID:
almahu_9949702480402882
Format:
1 online resource.
ISBN:
9789004470675
,
9789004470491
Series Statement:
Anselm Studies and Texts ; 4
Content:
Interpretations of Anselm's Proslogion range between the extremes of 'rationalism' and 'fideism' because of the challenge of unifying its philosophical and devotional aspects. In this book, Bayer argues that a 'monastic interpretation' - or an interpretation that takes seriously the intellectual significance of our existential commitments - offers a powerful compromise. Through an extensive study of Anselm's spiritualty, especially as it is manifested in his letters and homiletic works, coupled with a profound study of Anselm's philosophy of language in the De grammatico and Monologion , Bayer aims to reveal the Anselmian unity of life and thought, and thereby also the harmony between faith and reason. In this way, he defends the Proslogion as a unified and probative argument.
Note:
Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The Father of Scholasticism? Reading Anselm as a Monk -- 1 Anselm between Scholasticism and Monasticism -- 2 Reading Anselm as a Monk -- 2 Quaerere Deum: Anselm on Monastic Life and Thought -- 1 The Relevance of Spirituality -- 2 Anselmian Spirituality -- 3 Anselmian Reason -- 4 Conclusion: Reason and the Search for God -- 3 Quaerere Veritatem: Logic, Language and Experience -- 1 Introduction: Quaerere Veritatem -- 2 Logic, Language and Experience in the De grammatico -- 3 Logic, Language and Experience in the Monologion -- 4 Conclusion: Subjective Reason and the Search for Truth -- 4 The Mind at Prayer -- 1 The Language of the Heart -- 2 The Horizon of Reason: Chapters 1, 14-18 and 24-26 -- 3 Proving God in the Proslogion -- 4 Conclusion: Contemplating God in the Proslogion -- Appendix: Ratio in the Monologion -- 1 Ratio as 'Argument' or 'Reasoning' (31) -- 2 Ratio as 'Intelligibility' or 'Meaning' (10) -- 3 Ratio as 'Formal Logic' or 'Objective Reason' or 'Analysis' (29) -- 4 Ratio as 'Subjective Reason' or 'Intellect' (the Integral Faculty Responsible for the Apprehension of Form) (53) -- 5 Ratio as 'Divine Mind' or 'Cosmic Order' (the Divine Rationality Grounding the Intelligibility of Existence) (9) -- Bibliography -- Index of Authors.
Additional Edition:
Print version: The Unity of the Proslogion : Reason and Desire in the Monastic Theology of Anselm of Canterbury. Leiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2021 ISBN 9789004470491
Language:
English
