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Record Nr.

UNINA9910823069603321

Autore

Sweeney Eileen C (Eileen Carroll)

Titolo

Anselm of Canterbury and the desire for the Word [[electronic resource] /] / Eileen C. Sweeney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : Catholic University of America Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8132-1959-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (425 p.)

Disciplina

189.4

Soggetti

Philosophy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 3 79-394 ) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes on the Text""; ""Introduction. The Problem of Anselm: The Coincidence of Opposites""; ""1. The Prayers: Persuasion and the Narrative of Longing""; ""2. The Letters: Physical Separation and Spiritual Union""; ""3. Grammar and Logic: Linguistic Analysis, Method, and Pedagogy""; ""4. The Monologion and Proslogion: Language Straining toward God""; ""5. The Trilogy of Dialogues: Exploring Division and Unity""; ""6. Uniting God with Human Being and Human Being with God""

""7. The Later Works: From Meditatio to Disputatio""""Conclusion. Reason, Desire, and Prayer""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""