Putting Theory in Practice: Anselm and the Augustinian Model

A.'s influence on Anselm is pervasive, though difficult to prove philologically. E. concludes that "Augustine's influence, strong and undiluted in Anselm's youth and middle age, gave him a notion of mystical striving... but that just as he grew beyond the stage of the "Monologion" overt dependance o...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Author:Gillian Rosemary Evans
Published: Augustinian Historical Institute, Villanova, 1994
Peter Lang, New York, 1994
Pages:367-377
Format:Essay
Topic:- Influence and Survival > The Middle Ages (430-1453) > Influence on the various authors and writings > [Anselme de Cantorbéry (ou d'Aoste)(1033/34-1109)]
Parent Work: Augustine, Mystic and Mystagogue
Status:Active
Description
Summary:A.'s influence on Anselm is pervasive, though difficult to prove philologically. E. concludes that "Augustine's influence, strong and undiluted in Anselm's youth and middle age, gave him a notion of mystical striving... but that just as he grew beyond the stage of the "Monologion" overt dependance on Augustine's Trinitarian material in his theological writing, so he came to make his own way to God along the Augustinian roads". This conclusion of so great an Anselm scholar that A.'s mysticism influenced Anselm should temper tha rather widespread opinion that Anselm is best understoot as a rationalist.