ANSELM AND THE 14ᵗʰ CENTURY CRITICISM. METAMORPHOSIS OF THE ONTOLOGICAL ARGUMENT IN THE LATE SCHOLASTIC TRADITION

Daniel COMAN

Authors

Daniel COMAN PhD student at the Doctoral School in Philosophy, Faculty of History and Philosophy, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania; Romanian Academy Cluj-Napoca Branch. E-mail: coman.p.daniel@gmail.com

Keywords:

Anselm of Canterbury, Gregory of Rimini, Thomas Bradwardine, ontological argument, 14ᵗʰ century criticism, late scholasticism.

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