The Consequences of Ideas — Season 1, Episode 11: Anselm
Documentary • 23 min • 1 season, 35 episodes
Episode synopsis
Is God the greatest conceivable being you can think of? Of course He is. But how do we prove the God of our thinking is actually a being in reality? Early Christian thinker, Anselm, wrote down his thoughts on this and people have been talking about them ever since. Continuing this study of philosophy and its consequences in our lives, Dr. Sproul talks about "that being than which no greater can be conceived" as he explores the complexities of Anselm's argument for the existence of God.
About The Consequences of Ideas
To understand the culture in which we live, you need to be familiar with the ideas that have shaped it. In Ligonier's survey series, The Consequences of Ideas, R.C. Sproul traces the contours of Western philosophy throughout history and shows how our culture evolved to what it is today. From ancient Greek thinkers like Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to Christian philosophers such as Augustine, Anselm and Aquinas to the shapers of modern thought such as Hume, Kant and Nietzsche, R.C. demonstrates the consequences of each of these and other important thinkers' ideas on world events, theology, the fine arts and culture, as well as our everyday lives. Listen, and you will hear echoes of their ideas in your daily conversations—especially as you witness to unbelievers.