A Historical Study of Anselm's Proslogion : Argument, Devotion and Rhetoric.

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Part 1 The Single Argument -- Chapter 2 The General Idea of the Argument -- 2.1 Focusing on the unum argumentum -- 2.2 Anselm's reductio -- 2.3 The Monologion-a First Reading -- 2.4 The Preface and Responsio 10 -- Chapter 3 A Specific Identification of the Argument -- 3.1 Candidates for the Argument -- 3.2 A Contingent Application -- 3.3 That Than Which a Greater Cannot Be Thought and God -- 3.4 The Argument That Proves Itself -- Chapter 4 The Argument and Dialectic -- 4.1 The Importance of Dialectic -- 4.2 The Boethian Theory of Argument -- 4.3 Some Contemporary Testimonies -- 4.4 A Boethian Reconstruction of Anselm's Argument -- 4.5 The Puzzle of the Proslogion -- Part 2 The Historical Context -- Chapter 5 Anselm and Lanfranc-the Early Years -- 5.1 Misperceptions in the Scholarship -- 5.2 Lanfranc-Anselm's Teacher? -- 5.3 The Authorship of De corpore -- Chapter 6 Reappraisal of De corpore -- 6.1 A Rhetorical Treatise on the Eucharist -- 6.2 The Background and Structure of De corpore -- 6.3 Reply to Berengar's Logical Argument -- 6.4 Reply to Berengar's Account of the Eucharist -- 6.5 The Rhetorical Motivation for Lanfranc's Theory -- Chapter 7 Anselm and Lanfranc's Heritage -- 7.1 The Faith and Reason Issue -- 7.2 De corpore on Faith and Reason -- 7.3 The Monologion on Faith and Reason -- 7.4 Anselm, Lanfranc, and the Publishing of the Monologion -- 7.5 Call for a Proslogion -- Part 3 The Exercise in the Proslogion -- Chapter 8 The Devotional Exercise -- 8.1 Argument, Devotion, and Rhetoric -- 8.2 Faith, Understanding, and Vision -- 8.3 Some Augustinian Background -- 8.4 On Anselm's Prayers -- 8.5 The Attempt at Contemplating God in the Proslogion -- Chapter 9 The Exercise Continued -- 9.1 The Evolution of the Proslogion -- 9.2 Effects of the Additions.

9.3 Believers, Unbelievers, and Rational Grounds -- 9.4 The Purpose of the Proslogion -- Bibliography -- Index.

In A Historical Study of Anselm's Proslogion , Toivo J. Holopainen offers a new overall interpretation of Anselm's Proslogion by providing a historical explanation for the distinctive combination of argument and devotion that this famous treatise exhibits.

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