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  1 pre  |             completed and revised. I have therefore been obliged to
  2 pre  |              publishing it, I should have introduced and subjoined
  3 pre  |            many things about which I have been silent. For it was
  4 pre  |             which it was published I have called it Cur Deus Homo,
  5 pre  |         called it Cur Deus Homo, and have divided it into two short
  6 I, 1 |              the whole work rests.~I HAVE been often and most earnestly
  7 I, 1 |             the world; when he might have done this, by means of some
  8 I, 2 |            who is omnipotent, should have assumed the littleness and
  9 I, 2 |              lest, when some one may have thought or even seen that
 10 I, 2 |        impart those things which you have freely received, you will
 11 I, 2 |           higher things to which you have not yet attained.~Anselm..
 12 I, 2 |              place, that we may both have all that is requisite for
 13 I, 2 |             making this request, you have often promised me, not so
 14 I, 2 |      understanding, that, if I shall have said anything which higher
 15 I, 4 |          many pictures; but, if they have no solid foundation, they
 16 I, 4 |           that God ought to or could have condescended to those things
 17 I, 5 |             patiently. For God could have made some man without sin,
 18 I, 5 |           the work we speak of could have been done.~Anselm.. Do you
 19 I, 5 |             that dignity which would have been his had he never sinned.
 20 I, 6 |              you grant that he could have done these things in some
 21 I, 6 |           you mention, when he could have done it by his simple will,
 22 I, 6 |               a thing which he could have done in some easy way, no
 23 I, 6 |          that he could not otherwise have saved man. For, if he could
 24 I, 6 |            man. For, if he could not have done it otherwise, then
 25 I, 6 |               But now, when he could have saved man differently, why
 26 I, 7 |            it was, that he seemed to have had it, and why God could
 27 I, 7 |            had it, and why God could have freed man in this way. ~
 28 I, 7 |            it were not so, God would have used undue force against
 29 I, 7 |            not henceforth of himself have the power to avoid sin or
 30 I, 8 |              yet the Father seems to have bound him, as it were, by
 31 I, 9 |             perfect.~Boso. I need to have you explain it more clearly.~
 32 I, 9 |           believe that man would not have been subject to death, and
 33 I, 9 |               and that God would not have exacted this of him; but
 34 I, 9 |              meant that he could not have attained his exaltation
 35 I, 9 |               now take food, for you have now done that for which
 36 I, 9 |                for what one does not have of himself, but of God,
 37 I, 9 |              a thing as that which I have mentioned. And this, since
 38 I, 0 |              a holy life, he did not have it as a human being of himself,
 39 I, 0 |             great good, he could not have had but from the Father
 40 I, 0 |          draw him," he might as well have said, except he move him.
 41 I, 0 |          like manner, also, could he have declared: "No man layeth
 42 I, 0 |          acknowledge that we wish to have him endure that pain, yet
 43 I, 0 |             not because he could not have escaped death had he chosen
 44 I, 0 |               similar to these which have been mentioned, they are
 45 I, 0 |             lay it down of myself; I have power to lay it down, and
 46 I, 0 |          power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again."
 47 I, 0 |       therefore, be properly said to have been driven to a thing which
 48 I, 0 |          seems unbecoming for God to have saved man in this way; and
 49 I, 0 |          proved by reason, I wish to have it understood between us
 50 I, 1 |            something which could not have been demanded of him, had
 51 I, 1 |          owes to God.~Boso. Since we have determined to follow reason
 52 I, 2 |           for the purpose.~Boso. You have obviated the difficulty
 53 I, 2 |             to which I would like to have your answer. For since God
 54 I, 4 |    contradiction to the things which have been said.~Anselm.. It is
 55 I, 4 |          which it is in his power to have. Therefore, since man was
 56 I, 5 |         point which I should like to have you answer. For if, as you
 57 I, 5 |          follow every sin.~Boso. You have relieved my objection.~Anselm..
 58 I, 6 |           but still I should like to have some reason for it.~Anselm..
 59 I, 7 |              the former angels would have been, had they never sinned.
 60 I, 7 |            angels in that case would have persevered without ever
 61 I, 7 |           virtue. For, as they would have been condemned together,
 62 I, 7 |            with the holy, they would have been likewise upheld. For,
 63 I, 7 |             had all stood, all would have been upheld in the same
 64 I, 7 |            upon the devil.~Boso. You have proved that the evil angels
 65 I, 8 |           perfect number of which we have spoken, then men were only
 66 I, 8 |               that the angels should have been created perfect in
 67 I, 8 |          cannot see how angels could have been created perfect in
 68 I, 8 |          angel fallen, men would yet have had their place in the celestial
 69 I, 8 |            perfect number.~Boso. You have not labored in vain.~Anselm..
 70 I, 8 |           happiness, man would never have, been exalted to it.~Boso.
 71 I, 8 |              they (the angels) would have remained free from this
 72 I, 8 |               yet the Gentiles would have been called; for "in every
 73 I, 8 |       another fallen, he would never have attained the place where
 74 I, 8 |             that any one of them can have this certainty, if their
 75 I, 8 |            any one would or ought to have it. For how can any one
 76 I, 8 |            to know that he would not have attained this height but
 77 I, 8 |              No one, therefore, will have cause to rejoice over the
 78 I, 8 |         sinned as they did, he would have confirmed them, as well
 79 I, 8 |      original holiness, so as not to have sinned though tempted, they
 80 I, 8 |           though tempted, they would have been confirmed, with all
 81 I, 8 |           sinned, human nature would have wholly conquered. It therefore
 82 I, 8 |            although lost angels must have their ranks filled by men,
 83 I, 8 |            one affirms this, he will have to find means of invalidating
 84 I, 9 |           with good angels.~Anselm.. Have good angels ever sinned?~
 85 I, 9 |            the mire, though he might have prevented it; and afterwards
 86 I, 9 |              his pearl pure, than to have it polluted?~Anselm.. Would
 87 I, 9 |           devil, the devil could not have tempted man. Now I say,
 88 I, 9 |          present. And, moreover, you have so clearly shown that no
 89 I, 0 |            of those things which you have mentioned. For, in this
 90 I, 0 |              and such grief that you have not yet reached this object,
 91 I, 0 |            For you do not deserve to have a thing which you do not
 92 I, 0 |             you all that you are and have and can become?~Boso. Truly
 93 I, 0 |            even when I do not sin, I have nothing left to render to
 94 I, 0 |           wish you to proceed as you have begun.~ ~
 95 I, 1 |            of those things which you have brought up as possible payment
 96 I, 1 |           out this sin.~Anselm.. You have not as yet estimated the
 97 I, 2 |              him. And when man could have easily effected this, he,
 98 I, 2 |               unless man first sball have honored God by overcoming
 99 I, 2 | impossibility is the same.~Boso. You have already presented so many
100 I, 3 |             Go on to mention, as you have begun, the evil things which
101 I, 3 |             Yet wait a little.~Boso. Have you anything further?~ ~
102 I, 4 |              because he ought not to have it; nay, he ought to be
103 I, 4 |              as it is a crime not to have what he ought, it is also
104 I, 4 |         ought, it is also a crime to have what he ought not. Therefore,
105 I, 4 |             is a crime in man not to have that power which he received
106 I, 4 |           sin, it is also a crime to have that inability by which
107 I, 4 |           this inability. For not to have the power which one ought
108 I, 4 |             power which one ought to have, is the same thing as to
109 I, 4 |              is the same thing as to have the inability which one
110 I, 4 |     inability which one ought not to have. Therefore man's inability
111 I, 4 |             who is not so pure as to have no injustice found in him.~
112 I, 4 |            or else this, which, as I have before said, God was about
113 I, 4 |             has what he ought not to have. For he ought not to have
114 I, 4 |            have. For he ought not to have this inability, and therefore
115 I, 4 |          seems to fail.~Anselm.. You have demanded an explanation;
116 I, 4 |             life. And I think that I have amply proved, by the reasons
117 I, 4 |              upon any one whose sins have not been wholly put away;
118 I, 4 |         behalf you are speaking, who have no faith in the need of
119 I, 4 |           Boso. Let me ask you, as I have begun, to show me how a
120 I, 5 |           not perceive, from what we have said above, that it is necessary
121 I, 5 |              satisfaction such as we have above proved necessary for
122 I, 5 |             not for this purpose, to have you remove doubts from my
123 I, 5 |         doubts from my faith, but to have you show me the reason for
124 I, 5 |        confidence. Therefore, as you have brought me thus far by your
125 I, 5 |            his sin, unless man shall have rendered what was due on
126 I, 5 |              I will attempt it, as I have begun, not trusting in myself
127 I, 5 |             be said from those which have been said, by a new introduction,
128 II, 1|           For else in vain would God have given him that power of
129 II, 1|              inasmuch as it does not have what it desires. But this
130 II, 2|              II.~How man would never have died, unless he had sinned. ~
131 II, 2|         subject to death; for, as we have already said, it is inconsistent
132 II, 2|          never sinned he never would have died.~ ~
133 II, 3|            make him such as he would have been had he never sinned.~
134 II, 3|            had he not sinned, was to have been transferred with the
135 II, 3|         continued in holiness, would have been perfectly happy for
136 II, 3|         miserable forever.~Boso. You have promptly satisfied me in
137 II, 4|           has begun. But this, as we have already said, cannot be
138 II, 6|               Now blessed be God! we have made a great discovery with
139 II, 6|             Go on, therefore, as you have begun. For I hope that God
140 II, 8|             had he not sinned, would have stood firm without the support
141 II, 8|          that dignity which it would have had, had not Adam sinned,
142 II, 8|            besides, God will seem to have failed of his purpose, both
143 II, 8|         heart.~Anselm.. Does what we have said appear sound, or is
144 II, 8|     unsubstantial as a cloud, as you have said infidels declare?~Boso.
145 II, 9|              ought to be effected, I have expressed myself, as far
146 II, 9|             the one born of God will have a nobler birth than he who
147 II, 9|             whom he was to vanquish, have both put on a false likeness
148 II, 9|             own will. Wherefore they have sinned, as it were, especially
149 II, 9|            without whose guidance we have no power to keep the way
150 II, 0|               For, if Adam would not have died had he not committed
151 II, 0|             existed in the manner we have spoken hitherto, but as
152 II, 0|              will deny that he could have done many things which we
153 II, 0|           who says that he could not have uttered these same four
154 II, 0|              same thing differently, have declared, "I know him not?"
155 II, 0|             had he done so, he would have been a liar, as he himself
156 II, 0|          holiness, though they might have abandoned it, they might
157 II, 0|         reward, which they would not have done had they been necessarily
158 II, 0|               Boso. I should like to have you answer that question
159 II, 0|              for the creature cannot have it of himself in any other
160 II, 0|             though human nature will have what it has from the Divine
161 II, 0|         nature, yet it will likewise have it from itself, since the
162 II, 0|             in one person.~Boso. You have satisfied me on this point;
163 II, 0|             reason.~Boso. I blush to have asked the question. Go on
164 II, 0|        question. Go on with what you have to say.~Anselm.. We must
165 II, 1|     unchangeably confirmed, he would have been as really man; and,
166 II, 1|            by philosophers, for they have never even believed in the
167 II, 1|            of his, as if God did not have what was his own. For every
168 II, 1|              ought not to die, as we have already said.~Boso. Else
169 II, 1|            to live? But how could he have given this example to weak
170 II, 3|             to men which he ought to have, he will inherit also our
171 II, 3|      unacquainted. Therefore must he have all knowledge, though he
172 II, 3|           yet, on this very account, have I asked for the reason of
173 II, 4|              sin we can think of you have shown to be so monstrous
174 II, 5|           known it, they would never have crucified the Lord of glory."
175 II, 5|            the magnitude of which we have been considering as equal
176 II, 5|            the worth of his life, we have not looked at as having
177 II, 5|           did or could do.~Boso. You have reasonably shown that the
178 II, 5|            sins, which man can never have but by man, who must be
179 II, 5|             his own death. Therefore have we clearly found that Christ,
180 II, 6|             Boso. As, therefore, you have disclosed the reason of
181 II, 6|           your importunity; but if I have any power to explain what
182 II, 6|       himself, whereas he appears to have his purity from his mother
183 II, 7|            to be looked into. For we have said before that his death
184 II, 7|            without this he could not have been born of her. How, then,
185 II, 7|         necessary, when he could not have been, except in view of
186 II, 7|           the virgin, he never could have been born of her at all;
187 II, 7|              above, you would easily have discovered in them, I think,
188 II, 7|             from the things which we have spoken that the Son of God
189 II, 7|           But yet this thing which I have mentioned always recurs
190 II, 7|        escape existence. For it must have been fixed that he was to
191 II, 7|           his coming death would not have existed, by which the virgin
192 II, 7|             require, so that, as you have begun thus far, you may
193 II, 8|          that is not so.~Anselm.. We have already said that it is
194 II, 8|               if it perplexes you to have me say that it is necessary,
195 II, 8|            not willed they would not have existed. So then, no one
196 II, 8|              himself said.~Boso. You have satisfied me that it cannot
197 II, 8|     explanation.~Anselm.. I think we have shown with sufficient clearness
198 II, 8|       explanation than this which we have given, for God can certainly
199 II, 8|             his death, when he could have done it in some other way.
200 II, 8|       numerous and positive reasons, have shown that the restoring
201 II, 8|          person of God. In fine, you have shown that that man, who
202 II, 8|             substance. Moreover, you have clearly shown the life of
203 II, 8|              the life of this man to have been so excellent and so
204 II, 9|          sacrifice? But how could he have done this, had he, as he
205 II, 9|            this, had he, as he might have done, avoided the death
206 II, 9|              always true. Thus, as I have already said, a man is not
207 II, 9|         Jesus, when he wished, as we have said, to suffer death, ought
208 II, 9|            to suffer death, ought to have done precisely what he did;
209 II, 9|              him a man, he must also have received from the Divine
210 II, 9|              of the Trinity, he must have had whatever he possessed
211 II, 9|            in himself, and could not have been under obligations to
212 II, 9|          obligations to another, nor have need of giving anything
213 II, 9|          proves, and yet he ought to have done what he did.~Anselm..
214 II, 0|          something which he does not have, or else remits some rightful
215 II, 0|            and for whose sake, as we have already said, he left an
216 II, 0|               by the help of God, we have somewhat examined, -- the
217 II, 0|             rock.~Anselm.. I think I have nearly enough answered your
218 II, 0|            For though God is said to have done what that man did,
219 II, 1|            God's compassion. ~Now we have found the compassion of
220 II, 1|           holiness and man's sin; we have found it, I say, so great
221 II, 2|          they not sinned, they would have been confirmed in virtue
222 II, 3|            shown in the things which have been said. ~Boso. All things
223 II, 3|           Boso. All things which you have said seem to me reasonable
224 II, 3|          these books.~Anselm.. If we have said anything that needs
225 II, 3|             the conclusions which we have arrived at by reason seem