Sweeney, Eileen C.

Anselm of Canterbury and the desire for the Word [electronic resource] / Eileen C. Sweeney. - Washington : Catholic University of America Press, 2012. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: The problem of Anselm: the coincidence of opposites -- The prayers: persuasion and the narrative of longing -- The letters: physical separation and spiritual union -- Grammar and logic: linguistic analysis, method, and pedagogy -- The Monologion and Proslogion: language straining toward God -- The trilogy of dialogues: exploring division and unity -- Uniting God with human being and human being with God -- The later works: from Meditatio to Disputatio -- Conclusion: Reason, desire, and prayer.

9780813219592 (electronic bk.) 0813219590 (electronic bk.)


Anselm, Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1033-1109.


PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Medieval


Electronic books.

B765.A84

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