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Liber apologeticus contra Gaunilonem

work by Anselm of Canterbury

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  • St. Anselm of Canterbury
    In St. Anselm of Canterbury: Early life and career

    Anselm wrote in reply his Liber apologeticus contra Gaunilonem (“Book [of] Defense Against Gaunilo”), which was a repetition of the ontological argument of the Proslogion. The ontological argument was accepted in different forms by René Descartes and Benedict de Spinoza, though it was rejected by Immanuel Kant.

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