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A New History of Western Philosophy
Saint Anselm was, like Lanfranc, an Italian, a monk at Bee, and archbishop of Canterbury (1093-1109), in which capacity he followed the principles of Gregory VII and quarrelled with the king. He is chiefly known to fame as the inventor of the “ontological argument” for the existence of God. As he put it, the argument is as follows: We define “God”
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THOMAS AQUINAS (b. 1225 or 1226, d. 1274) is regarded as the greatest of scholastic philosophers. In all Catholic educational institutions that teach philosophy his system has to be taught as the only right one; this has been the rule since a rescript of 1879 by Leo XIII.
Bertrand Russell • History of Western Philosophy
Le philosophe anglais Anthony Ashley Cooper, comte de Shaftesbury, est souvent présenté comme « le champion moderne du stoïcisme 1 ». Il se reconnaît lui-même comme un disciple de Marc Aurèle ; Pierre Hadot n’a d’ailleurs pas manqué de souligner cette filiation 2