Born in the year 1033 A.D near Aosta, a small region in Italy, Anselm would spend his days teaching until becoming enthroned as the archbishop of Canterbury in 1093 and served until his death in 1109. Although his tenure would be unsmooth do to controversy with secular kings, Anselm is often renowned as the father of the scholastic tradition. His most popular contribution to theology and philosophy, the “Ontological Argument”  (his argument for the existence of God), is presented in his “Prosologion”, a complicated meditative prayer written for his fellow monks and intended for spiritual reflection and guided inquiry.