Prayers and Meditations of St. Anselm with the Proslogion (Penguin Classics)

by Anselm of Canterbury

Book Overview

Mostly written between 1070 and 1080, before he became Archbishop of Canterbury, the prayers and meditations of Anselm of Aosta created a tradition of intimate, intensely personal devotional works... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140442782
• Release Date: November 1979
• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

The best english translation available

If you want a chance to experience the devotion in Anselm's prayers and meditations (as it was meant to be experienced), then this is the one (English) translation that you must have (assuming you can't read the original Latin). This book allows one to feel the essence of worship that is necessary in understanding Anselm's thought. I've read some other translations (especially those of the Proslogion), and only this edition can claim to be the prayer that Anselm meant them to be. The brief introduction featured in the book is also worth reading, although it doesn't give all the details, it does allow one to understand why Anselm has been misunderstood by so many, and it gives one a chance to understand him better.