Today we commemorate Anselm, a Benedictine monk who became archbishop of Canterbury on the fourth of December in 1093. He served until his death on April 21 in 1109. I first crossed paths with Anselm as an undergraduate major in philosophy. I do not remember the name of the course in which we studied the philosophical arguments for the existence of God, but I remember well our teacher, Cora Diamond. She is now a retired professor emerita at the University of Virginia.
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