Anselmian, a.
(ænˈsɛlmɪən)
[f. St. Anselm + -ian.]
Of or pertaining to St. Anselm (1033–1109), Archbishop of Canterbury, the scholastic philosopher, and esp. to his ontological argument for the existence of God.
| 1884 W. James in Mind IX. 283 Only the Anselmian proof can keep Fact out of philosophy. a 1910 ― Some Probl. Philos. (1911) iii. 43 The anselmian or ontological proof of God's existence, sometimes called the cartesian proof, criticised by Saint Thomas, rejected by Kant, redefended by Hegel. 1943 E. L. Mascall He who Is viii. 98 What we cannot imagine we can nevertheless conceive, as we saw in discussing the Anselmian definition of God. |