Cambridge Companion to Anselm (eBook, ePUB)

Redaktion: Davies, Brian

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Anselm of Canterbury (1033-1109), Benedictine monk and the second Norman archbishop of Canterbury, is regarded as one of the most important philosophers and theologians of the Middle Ages. The essays in this volume explore all of his major ideas both philosophical and theological, including his teachings on faith and reason, God's existence and nature, logic, freedom, truth, ethics, and key Christian doctrines. There is also discussion of his life, the sources of his thought, and his influence on other thinkers. New readers will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Anselm currently available. Advanced students and specialists will find a conspectus of developments in the interpretation of Anselm.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Dezember 2004
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781139816663
• Artikelnr.: 37872638

Autorenporträt

Brian Davies is Professor of Philosophy at Fordham University, New York. He is the author of An Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion (3rd ed., 2003), Thinking About God (1985), The Thought of Thomas Aquinas (1992), and Aquinas (2002).
Brian Leftow is Nolloth Professor of the Philosophy of the Christian Religion at Oxford University. He is the author of Time and Eternity (1991), and over fifty papers in philosophy of religion, metaphysics and the history of medieval philosophy.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction Brian Davies and Brian Leftow
1. Anselm's life, works, and immediate influence G. R. Evans
2. Anselm on faith and reason Marilyn Adams
3. Anselm, Augustine, and Platonism Gareth Matthews
4. Anselm's philosophy of language Peter King
5. Anselm on modality Simo Knuutilla
6. Anselm's perfect being theology Brian Leftow
7. Anselm and the ontological argument Brian Davies
8. Anselm's account of freedom Sandra Visser and Thomas Williams
9. Anselm on truth Sandra Visser and Thomas Williams
10. Anselm on ethics Jeffrey Brower
11. Anselm on the Trinity William Mann
12. Anselm on atonement David Brown.