What Phrase Does Anselm Use To Designate God

Offer a biographical sketch of Anselm. Who was he? Who was he teaching? Was he always devout (in other words, was he always a monk?)

Anselm was a priest and a bishop back in the 11th century, he was also the archbishop of Canterbury. Anselm was teaching the idea of god and how Anselm believed he found god but Anselm himself couldn’t fully understand god, Anselm also set forth the idea that god does exist and we cannot even conceive the idea that he doesn’t exist. Anselm believes in god so that he can understand better about god. Anselm was not always a monk but he did want to be a monk but was later refused by a local monastery the right to be a monk.

What phrase does Anselm use to designate God? Explain why he formulates his designation in this way. Do you think this is an appropriate way to speak of God?

The Phrase he used was “God is that than which no greater can be conceived”. There are two reasons as to why Anselm words this the way he does, reason one is the idea that “ no greater can be conceived” he doesn’t want you to be able to think about something greater hence the idea that no greater can be thought of by a person. The second reason is that he doesn’t want to suggest that the idea of a positive god can be

If one took the time to explain to the fool what he believes one might understand the meaning behind his words and then will later believe in god. Basically the first reason is that the person needs to be educated on the idea of god, if he isn’t he wont understand god and he wont believe he exist. The second reason to think this way is the idea that the fool does understand the meaning of “that, than which no grater can be conceived”. This reason is basically the idea that the fool did manage to think of something greater even though it cannot be conceived, so the idea of the fool is that he thought of something greater so god doesn’t