Anselm and the Apophatic: “Something Greater than Can Be Thought”

Anselm's ontological proof, which sets out to show that God must exist and which depends upon the premise that human beings can conceptualize God, seems antithetical to the apophatic tradition, but Anselm's work in general and his proof in particular are, nonetheless, exemplars of apophasi...

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1. VerfasserIn: Fulmer, J. Burton (Verfasst von)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2008
In: New blackfriars
Jahr: 2008, Band: 89, Heft: 1020, Seiten: 177-193
weitere Schlagwörter:B Ontological Proof
B God/necessary existence
B Anselm of Canterbury
B Atheist/theist
B Apophasis
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