Anselm of Canterbury and the Desire for the Word

Eileen C. Sweeney

Catholic University of America Press, Jan 22, 2016 - Philosophy - 406 pages

Sweeney's study offers a comprehensive picture of Anselm's thought and its development, from the early, intimate, monastically based meditations to the later, public, proto-scholastic disputations

About the author

Eileen C. Sweeney is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston College. She has published numerous articles on Thomas Aquinas, Anselm of Canterbury, and12th century philosophy. Her work has especially focused on the problem of theological language and literary and argumentative forms of Medieval philosophy and theology.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Anselm of Canterbury and the Desire for the Word
• Author: Eileen C. Sweeney
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Catholic University of America Press, 2016
• ISBN: 0813228735, 9780813228730
• Length: 406 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / Medieval