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An anthropological reading of Anselm’s Cur Deus homo

This study aims to analyze St. Anselm's Cur Deus Homo from an anthropological perspective. After analyzing the method used in this work and reviewing its basic argumentation, it can be seen that Anselm reveals a perspective according to which human nature is essentially good. This nature, even when shaken, does not succumb to original sin. Freedom and the loving design of the originating Logos underlie the Anselmian conception of man and his nature.

Man; Freedom; Original sin


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