Throughout the entire reading, Anselm continued to remind me of Plato. I first noticed it on page sixty where Anselm is saying this is the problem but we cannot deal with it until we discuss these things first which is exactly what Plato would do. Then the whole narrative set up only reenforced my theory. However, Anselm does not have his head in the clouds as much as Plato did. Also, Plato seemed to write with this arrogance that he knew better no matter what anyone else said while Anselm started off humble to the point where Boso had to convince Anselm to answer the questions. While comparing the two, I have to say Anselm is my favorite. In the beginning, Plato and I did not get along, but he's gradually growing on me. On the other hand, Anselm has captivex my attention from the beginning. My observations may be completely off, but I found the correlations between the two really interesting!
P.S. Commented on Kelli Brown's post!
I really noticed this as well! Lots of similarities.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I really appreciated his approach to answering tough questions. And with honors and intro to philosophy under my belt, I couldn't help but hear Plato throughout the entire work!
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