Proslogion - translates as 'Discourse on the Existence of God' ALL USEFUL QUOTES: Within this, Anselm defined God as:
'aliquid quo nihil maius possibit' i.e.'that than which nothing greater can be thought'
Book of Psalms states: 'The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God" (Psalm 14:1, 53:1)
'and what he understands is in his understanding; although he does not understand it to exist.' - Anselm, Proslogion 2, 1077-8
Argues that God is
'something than which nothing greater can be conceived'
'there exists, therefore beyond doubt something than which a greater cannot be imagined both in the understanding and in reality' - Anselm, Proslogion 2, 1077-8
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