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
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63
Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70
Chapter 71
Chapter 72
Sed nec amantem animam necesse est aeterne beatam esse; nec contemnentem, miseram, si sit mortalis. Sive igitur amet, sive contemnat id ad quod amandum creata est, necesse est eam immortalem esse. Si autem aliquae sunt animae rationales, quae nec amantes, nec contemnentes judicandae sint, sicut esse videntur animae infantum, quid de his sentiendum est? Sunt mortales, an immortales? Sed procul dubio omnes humanae animae ejusdem naturae sunt. Quare, quoniam constat quasdam esse immortales, necesse est omnem humanam animam esse immortalem. Verum, cum omne quod vivit aut nunquam, aut aliquando sit vere securum ab omni molestia; nihilominus est necesse omnem humanam animam aut semper miseram esse, aut aliquando vere beatam.