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Anselm of Canterbury: 2 ideas worth knowing

2 ideas from Anselm of Canterbury, each explained in a minute and credited to the original work. Free on Savvy.

• The god you can't think your way out of

  In 1078, the monk Anselm of Canterbury argued that God's existence follows from pure logic: God is 'that than which nothing greater can be conceived.' Since existing in reality is …

  — Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion

• A monk tried to prove God exists just from the definition of 'God'

  In 1078, Anselm of Canterbury argued that God, by definition, is 'that than which nothing greater can be conceived'. He reasoned that a being that exists only in the mind is less g…

  — Anselm of Canterbury, Ontological argument

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