Monologion
Anselm of Canterbury (1033–1109)
First published 1076
Anselm's extended rational meditation on the divine essence, creation, the Word, and the Trinity.
Caput I: Preface
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Sed ecce dum hujus Patris Filiique proprietates communionemque delectabiliter intueor, nihil delectabilius in illis contemplandum invenio quam mutui amoris affectum. Quam enim absurde negetur summus Spiritus se amare, sicut sui memor est, et se intelligit! cum et mens rationalis et se et illum amare posse convincatur ex eo, quia sui et illius memor esse, et se et illum intelligere potest: otiosa namque, et penitus inutilis est memoria et intelligentia cujuslibet rei; nisi, prout ratio exigit, res ipsa ametur aut reprobetur. Amat ergo seipsum summus Spiritus; sicut sui meminit, et se intelligit.