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- Confessions of a Rational Mystic
- Book
- 1994
- Published by: Purdue University Press
summary
Confessions of a Rational Mystic exposes both aspects of this transitional thinker through a multidimensional interpretation of his Pioslogion. It treats Anselm's famous proof for the existence of God as both a rational argument and an exercise in mystical theology, analyzing the logic of its reasoning while providing a phenomenological account of the vision of God that is embedded within it. Through a deconstructive reading of the cycle of prayer and proof that forms the overall structure of the text, not only is the argument returned to its place in the Proslogion as a whole, but the historic relationship that it attempts to establish between faith and reason is examined. In this way, the critical role that Anselm played in the history of philosophy is seen in a new light.
Table of Contents
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- Part I. Introduction
- pp. 1-17
- Part II. The Monowgion
- pp. 18-96
- Part III. The Proslogion
- pp. 97-239
- Part IV. Conclusion
- pp. 240-309
- CAPITULUM I
- pp. 314-323
- CAPITULUM II
- pp. 324-325
- CAPITULUM III
- pp. 326-327
- CAPITULUM IV
- pp. 328-329
- CAPITULUM V and VI
- pp. 330-331
- CAPITULUM VII
- pp. 332-333
- CAPITULUM VIII
- pp. 334-335
- CAPITULUM IX
- pp. 336-340
- CAPITULUM X
- pp. 340-341
- CAPITULUM XI and XII
- pp. 342-343
- CAPITULUM XIII
- pp. 344-345
- CAPITULUM XIV
- pp. 346-348
- CAPITULUM XV
- pp. 348-349
- CAPITULUM XVI
- pp. 350-351
- CAPITULUM XVII
- pp. 352-353
- CAPITULUM XVIII
- pp. 354-356
- CAPITULUM XIX
- pp. 356-357
- CAPITULUM XX and XXI
- pp. 358-359
- CAPITULUM XXII
- pp. 360-361
- CAPITULUM XXIII
- pp. 362-363
- CAPITULUM XXIV
- pp. 364-365
- CAPITULUM XXV
- pp. 366-371
- CAPITULUM XXVI
- pp. 372-375
- SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
- pp. 377-386
Additional Information
ISBN
9781612490465
Related ISBN(s)
9781557530363
MARC Record
OCLC
794701199
Pages
408
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-11
Language
English
Open Access
No