Devoir de Philosophie

Anselm

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(c. 1033–1109) a medieval Christian thinker Anselm was a BENEDICTINE monk (see MONKS AND NUNS) who rose to become archbishop of CANTERBURY, the most important Christian leader in England. After he died, the Roman Catholic Church offi cially declared him a SAINT. He is venerated on April 21, the date of his death. Anselm is remembered most for the way he tried to prove that GOD exists (see GOD, THE EXISTENCE OF). He defi ned God as "the greatest object that can be thought of." Then he argued that, given this defi nition, God had to exist: A God who actually existed would be greater than any God who was only imagined. Anselm also claimed that no one could know what the word "God" means and still doubt that God existed. Some people have rejected Anselm's proof. Among them are the great Christian theologian Thomas AQUINAS and the important philosopher Immanuel Kant.

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