Anselm of Canterbury vs. René Descartes
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Anselm of Canterbury
1033 – 1109
Religion
Kingdom of France
Anselm of Canterbury OSB, also known as Anselm of Aosta after his birthplace and Anselm of Bec after his monastery, was an Italian Benedictine monk, abbot, philosopher, and theologian of the Catholic Church, who served as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1093 to 1109.
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"God often works more by the life of the illiterate seeking the things that are God's, than by the ability of the learned seeking the things that are their own."
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René Descartes
1596 – 1650
Philosophy
France
rationalism
French philosopher known for Cogito ergo sum. Father of modern Western philosophy.
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"Descartes at the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy"
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Connections
Anselm of Canterbury was influenced by René Descartes
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