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Proslogium/Monologium/Cur Deus Homo/In Behalf of the Fool by Anselm of Canterbury
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it was amazing

One star for the ontological argument, which even if it "works" is basically the Parmenides but less funny. Twelve stars for Cur Deus Homo, which is beautiful, weird (all beauty & all justice is balance... ok), and actually about obedience, not suffering, in spite of many later misreadings. CDH is so confident in God's tenderness toward us and the beauty of His actions. Needs to be read alongside works which emphasize the horror of the Cross, the disgrace Christ accepted in order to shatter the power of death, sin, and the Devil. But this is a strange and consoling work which I've read twice and will be glad to read a third time.
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