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Ideas of Anselm, by Text
[Italian, 1033 - 1109, Born in Aosta, Italy. Archbishop of Canterbury under King William II of England. Died at Canterbury.]
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Ch 2
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p.26
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21241
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Even the fool can hold 'a being than which none greater exists' in his understanding
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Ch 2
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p.26
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21242
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If that than which a greater cannot be thought actually exists, that is greater than the mere idea
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Ch 2
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p.51
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1420
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Anselm's first proof fails because existence isn't a real predicate, so it can't be a perfection [Malcolm]
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Ch 3
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p.26
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21243
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An existing thing is even greater if its non-existence is inconceivable
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Ch 3
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p.26
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21244
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Conceiving a greater being than God leads to absurdity
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Ch 3
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p.54
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1421
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A perfection must be independent and unlimited, and the necessary existence of Anselm's second proof gives this [Malcolm]
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Ch 4
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p.27
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21245
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The word 'God' can be denied, but understanding shows God must exist
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Reply 3
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p.27
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21246
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Guanilo says a supremely fertile island must exist, just because we can conceive it
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Reply 3
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p.28
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21247
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Nonexistence is impossible for the greatest thinkable thing, which has no beginning or end
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1095
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De Veritate (On Truth)
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p.37
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4748
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Anselm of Canterbury identified truth with God [Engel]
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