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Anselm Basic Writings Edited and Translated by Thomas Williams
Anselm Basic Writings
Anselm Basic Writings Edited and Translated by Thomas Williams Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
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[Selections. English. 2007] Basic writings / Anselm ; edited and translated by Thomas Williams. p. cm.
ISBN 978-0-87220-895-7 (pbk.) — ISBN 978-0-87220-896-4 (cloth) 1. Theology—History—Middle Ages, 600-1500. I.Williams, Thomas, 1967II. Title.
B765.A82E54 2007
230'.2—dc22 2007018580
eISBN 978-1-60384-021-7 (e-book)
Contents Introduction vii Suggestions for Further Reading xi Acknowledgments xi A Note on the Translation xii Monologion
Proslogion
Gaunilo's Reply on Behalf of the Fool
Anselm's Reply to Gaunilo
[Three Philosophical Dialogues]
On Truth
On Freedom of Choice
On the Fall of the Devil
Letter On the Incarnation of the Word
Cur Deus Homo
On the Virginal Conception, and on Original Sin
On the Harmony of God's Foreknowledge, Predestination, and Grace with Free Choice (De concordia)
The Lambeth Fragments
Glossary
Index