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Quotation from Proslogion by Anselm of Canterbury

“For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand.”

Anselm of Canterbury (spoken by Anselm)

Proslogion, Chapter I, trans. Sidney Norton Deane (1903)

Chapter 1: Anselm's statement of faith seeking understanding.

Citation: "For I do not seek to understand that I may believe, but I believe in order to understand." — Anselm of Canterbury, Proslogion, Chapter I, trans. Sidney Norton Deane (1903). (id anselm-proslogion-q1)

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