Analysis Of Anselm Of Canterbury's 'Proslogion'

The passage above is from the book “Proslogion” it comes from Chapter 2 in particular. Anselm of Canterbury wrote the “Proslogion”, he is writing an argument about if God truly exists. At the same time, Anselm is explaining how and why God is “something-than-which-nothing-greater-can-be-thought”. Anselm is arguing for one of the most famous versions of the “ontological argument for the existence of God,” which was an argument based purely on the logic of God’s way of being. In this passage, Anselm is speaking to God. He is speaking to God to try to understand that he exists, as we think God does, and that God is what we believe God to be. Anselm wants to explain what God is and if God is actually, a being than which nothing greater can be thought. To help explain this, he uses an example of a fool who believe that there is no God; the fool believes this until he hears what Anselm has to say to help explain his point. The passage also helps us to get an understanding about what Anselm means when he and other writers write about God.
One is that Anselm is specifically communicating to God about God’s existence. Which this part struck me as very ironic because if he is already communicating with God, then why is he still looking for an answer? He should already have his answer and know that God exists. Another thing I found interesting was his example that he uses with the fool who does not believe that there is a God. It is interesting to me in that Anselm simply proves his point because the fool believes him and understands that “A being than which nothing greater can be thought”, it is strange that the fool understands this. Because this exists simply in his understanding, it is weird because it exists in understanding alone and not in