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“That God is whatever is better to be than not to be and that, existing through Himself, alone, He makes all other things from nothing” (Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion, ch. 5). Such is the title of Anselm’s 5th chapter of the Proslogion, where Anselm offers us a...
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“And surely that than which a greater cannot be thought cannot exist in the mind alone. For if it exists solely in the mind, it can be thought to exist in reality also, which is greater” (Anselm, Proslogion, ch. 2). Anselm’s second chapter of the Proslogion is one of...
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“Teach me to seek You, and reveal Yourself to me as I seek, because I can neither seek You if You do not teach me how, nor find You unless You reveal Yourself. Let me seek You in desiring You; let me desire You in seeking You; let me find You in loving You; let me...