A historical study of Anselm's "Proslogion": argument, devotion and rhetoric
"In A Historical Study of Anselm's Proslogion, Toivo J. Holopainen offers a new overall interpretation of Anselm's Proslogion by providing a historical explanation for the distinctive combination of argument and devotion that this treatise exhibits. Part 1 clarifies Anselm's outl...
| Published in: | Anselm studies and texts |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2020]
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| In: |
Anselm studies and texts (volume 2)
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| Series/Journal: | Anselm studies and texts
volume 2 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Anselm, Canterbury, Erzbischof, Heiliger 1033-1109, Proslogion
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| Further subjects: | B
Anselm Saint, Archbishop of Canterbury (1033-1109) Proslogion
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| Summary: | "In A Historical Study of Anselm's Proslogion, Toivo J. Holopainen offers a new overall interpretation of Anselm's Proslogion by providing a historical explanation for the distinctive combination of argument and devotion that this treatise exhibits. Part 1 clarifies Anselm's outlook on the central arguments in the treatise by offering a careful analysis of the 'single argument', the discovery of which Anselm announces in the preface. Part 2 reassesses the conflicting views about faith and reason in the immediate background of the Proslogion (the Eucharistic controversy, the publication of the Monologion). Part 3 examines the Proslogion from a rhetorical perspective and argues that applying the 'single argument' in a devotional setting constitutes a subtle attempt to affect the audience's ideas about method in theology"-- |
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| Item Description: | Enthält bibliographische Angaben und Index |
| ISBN: | 9004423206 |