A Systematic Reading of De libertate arbitrii: The Ideas of Freedom and the Will of Saint Anselm
A Systematic Reading of De libertate arbitrii: The Ideas of Freedom and the Will of Saint Anselm

Summary/Abstract: The idea of freedom and the will in the influential and important work of Saint Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109) is being examined in this paper. Anselm discusses free will in a dialogue (De libertate arbitrii) that is the second part of a trilogy that he instructs us to consider as a whole. To understand the ideas of freedom and the will the texts are systematically being analyzed, with particular emphasis on the concepts of rectitude, truth, freedom and the will, the way that free will is given to the rational nature and how human beings are solely responsible for the perseverance of their freedom and will. As the texts are being read, some of the modern dimensions of the concepts under consideration will be simultaneously encountered.

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