Why Study The Proslogion of St Anselm with Karen Kilby

Anselm of Canterbury (c.1033-1109) most famous book is The Proslogion -- and a few early chapters of that book have been extracted to form the basis of what modern philosophers call 'the ontological proof' for the existence of God. Here Karen Kilby, in conversation with Tom O'Loughlin (both of whom have written about The Proslogion), she challenges that accepted reading and even the idea that there is an 'ontological proof' in Anselm.

[@neilhasid3407]

Dr.Kilby is speaking of elegance, and I thought that she herself is elegant! Well done.

[@GregoryBSadler]

Nice talk -- making some good points about Anselm's text as a whole.
The "unum argumentum" or Proslogion is clearly not just chapter 2-4, which people like to interpret as "the ontological argument", but rather the whole of the Proslogion, minus perhaps the last three chapters, which Anselm calls "conjectures".
The goal of the "unum argumentum" encompasses proving that God does exist, but also that God is the supreme good, and "all the other things we believe" about God

[@ericlewis4674]

Excellent discussion, as usual. I use your video on Aquinas ‘five ways’ in my philosophy class.
To be fair, Anselm engages Gaunilo’s criticisms directly as presented.