Medieval · 1033–1109
Who influenced Anselm of Canterbury?
Influences and legacy
Faith seeking understanding — and author of the famous ontological argument for God.
Anselm of Canterbury was influenced by Augustine of Hippo, and went on to influence Peter Lombard and René Descartes. That is 3 lines of the 448 documented lines of influence between the 279 thinkers on this map.
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Who was Anselm of Canterbury?
Anselm, born in Aosta and abbot of Bec, was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109. He defended the Church's interests against Kings William II and Henry I during the Investiture Controversy and was exiled twice for it.
At Bec he wrote dialogues and treatises that mix mysticism with rational argument, which is why he is sometimes called the founder of Scholasticism. He is best known for the ontological argument for the existence of God and the satisfaction theory of atonement. He was made a saint, and in 1720 Pope Clement XI named him a Doctor of the Church.
Summarized from the lead of the Wikipedia article.
Who influenced Anselm of Canterbury?
1 direct influence on this map, earliest first.
- Augustine of Hippo AD 354–430
Who did Anselm of Canterbury influence?
2 thinkers on this map draw directly on Anselm of Canterbury.
- Peter Lombard c. 1096–1160
- René Descartes 1596–1650
The line of teachers behind Anselm of Canterbury
The longest documented line of influence ending at Anselm of Canterbury runs 11 generations back, to Thales of Miletus.
Two steps away from Anselm of Canterbury
Indirect influences
- Through Augustine of Hippo: Plato, Tertullian, Plotinus
The second generation
Contemporaries of Anselm of Canterbury
Thinkers on this map born within 25 years of Anselm of Canterbury, with no direct line between them.
- Solomon ibn Gabirol c. 1021–1058
- Ramanuja 1017–1137
- Al-Ghazali c. 1058–1111
Anselm of Canterbury by the numbers
- Direct influences
- 1
- Direct followers
- 2
- Thinkers upstream
- 24
- Thinkers downstream
- 138
- Wikipedia languages
- 71 — #20 of 58 among medieval philosophers
- Card rarity
- Epic
Schools and lineages
- Scholastics: Anselm of Canterbury, Peter Abelard, Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, Meister Eckhart, Jean Buridan
Questions about Anselm of Canterbury
- Who influenced Anselm of Canterbury?
- Augustine of Hippo.
- Who did Anselm of Canterbury influence?
- Peter Lombard and René Descartes.
- When did Anselm of Canterbury live?
- 1033–1109. The map files Anselm of Canterbury under the medieval period.
- How rare is the Anselm of Canterbury card?
- Wikipedia carries an article on Anselm of Canterbury in 71 languages, which makes it an Epic card. Legendary starts at 100 languages, Epic at 50 and Rare at 25.
More medieval philosophers
- Augustine of Hippo AD 354–430
- Thomas Aquinas 1225–1274
- Avicenna 980–1037
- Ibn Khaldun 1332–1406
- Al-Ghazali c. 1058–1111
- Averroes 1126–1198
- Erasmus 1466–1536
- Hypatia c. 355–415