{"product_id":"from-augustine-to-anselm-fba-asiedu-9782503540863","title":"From Augustine to Anselm: The Influence of de Trinitate on the Monologion","description":"Anselm (1033-1109) described the \u003ci\u003eMonologion\u003c\/i\u003e, his first major theological work, as a model meditation on the divine essence; and he enjoined his potential critics to read Augustine's \u003ci\u003eDe trinitate\u003c\/i\u003e diligently and then judge the \u003ci\u003eMonologion\u003ci\u003e by it. In following Anselm's admonition, the author has paid particular attention to Anselm's claims about the persuasiveness of his arguments, and probed the cogency of some of the many arguments that make up the \u003ci\u003eMonologion\u003c\/i\u003e. The result is something like a critical companion to the \u003ci\u003eMonologion\u003c\/i\u003e. It is not meant to replace an actual reading of the \u003ci\u003eMonologion\u003c\/i\u003e, which is an experience worth having, since no interpretation or paraphrase can capture the feeling of wading through Anselm's analytic arguments. The author have resisted the common tendency of reading the \u003ci\u003eMonologion\u003c\/i\u003e merely as a prelude to its more evocative sequel, the \u003ci\u003eProslogion\u003c\/i\u003e. Because Anselm's arguments attend to fundamental themes in philosophical theology, this book also provides comment on the state of early medieval philosophical theology and Anselm's unique contribution to it. The book has implications not only for our understanding of Anselm's thought and its relation to ancient and early medieval Christian tradition, but also for the ways in which theologians and philosophers since Anselm have appropriated his ideas. Since a good deal of that appropriation often overlooks the \u003ci\u003eMonologion, \u003c\/i\u003e this study should help towards a re-orientation to Anselm and his relevance to contemporary debates about theological method in general and analytic theology in particular.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Fba Asiedu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 2503540864\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9782503540863\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Brepols Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.70h x 6.50w x 1.30d\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Fba Asiedu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48066311061759,"sku":"9782503540863","price":157.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6b8a23f5-accf-4cfb-900c-a4ad5bde5acd.jpg?v=1768678107","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/from-augustine-to-anselm-fba-asiedu-9782503540863","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}