In the classical lexicon, this word is defined as restoration, but, in St. Anselm’s “proof” of God, it has come to mean a reducing in his famous Reductio ad Absurdum. Does anyone know the evolution of this word?
In the classical lexicon, this word is defined as restoration, but, in St. Anselm’s “proof” of God, it has come to mean a reducing in his famous Reductio ad Absurdum. Does anyone know the evolution of this word?