Topic: Philosophy, Ancient and Medieval
Order Description
In the context of his discussion of the question of whether God’s existence is self-evident,
Thomas Aquinas critically addresses some of the details of Anselm’s ontological proof for the
existence of God. Your task in this essay is to discuss and evaluate Aquinas’s response to
Anselm and to consider whether or not Anselm would be able to respond to those criticisms
effectively