Aliquid Quo Nihil Maius Diligeri Potest: An Augustinian reading of the Argument of Saint Anselm

Summary

Most of the studies on the Anselmian Argument in the Proslogion focus on its logic form. This article tries to proof that the Argument is consistent, and has an intense dramatic character, if its anthropological and theological subject is analysed at the light of the Augustinian Tradition. Thus, after an introduction, the article explores the context and the hints that support an Augustinian reading of the Argument and rewords it accordingly to that reading. Finally, the conclusions are given.