In the 11th century, St. Anselm of Canterbury (d. 1109 AD) formulated the first version of what would come to be called the ontological argument for the existence of God.
In the 11th century, St. Anselm was archbishop of Canterbury in England. He endeavoured to form a logical and rational argument supporting the existence of God. His argument came to be called the ...
Anselm of Canterbury was a theologian and philosopher from the 11th and 12th centuries who came up with a rather ingenious argument for the existence of God, which is usually called the ontological ...
Anselm's ontological argument purports to be an a priori proof of God's existence. Anselm starts with premises that do not depend on experience for their justification and then proceeds by purely ...