Proslogium

aka Fides quaerens intellectum

Proslogion (Discourse)

Author

Anselm of Canterbury

Language

Medieval Latin

Year

1078

Country

England

Genre

Nonfiction / Essays / Treatise

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The Proslogion is a prayer written by the medieval cleric Saint Anselm of Canterbury between 1077 and 1078. In each chapter, Anselm juxtaposes contrasting attributes of God to resolve apparent contradictions in Christian theology. This meditation is considered the first-known philosophical formulation that sets out an ontological argument for the existence of God.