'Discourse') is a prayer (or meditation) written by the medieval cleric Saint Anselm of Canterbury between 1077 and 1078.

In each chapter, Anselm juxtaposes contrasting attributes of God to resolve apparent contradictions in Christian theology.

This meditation is considered the first-known philosophical formulation that sets out an ontological argument for the existence of God.

[1] The Proslogion marked what would be the beginning of Saint Anselm's famous and highly controversial ontological arguments for the existence of God.

Scott H. Moore's analysis is as follows:[2] Donald Viney renders Anselm's second argument as follows:[3] ~ ∃r.

Modern translation Come on now little man, get away from your worldly occupations for a while, escape from your tumultuous thoughts.