Basic Writings

St. Anselm

Anslem of Canterbury (1033-1109) was one of the originators of medieval scholastic philosophy. This collection of his best-known philosophical works contains, among other things, the Proslogium, in which Anslem first put forward the famous ontological argument for the existence of God. Also included are Gaunilo of Marmoutier's criticism of Anslem's argument and Anslem's reply to Gaunilo.