The given article seeks to offer a comparative analysis of the initial Aristotelian philosophy
of necessity as expressed in De interpretatione ІХ and the earliest scholastic rendering of
this concept as expressed in Anselm of Canterbury’s De concordia I. The double goal in
view is an attempt at sketching the early medieval version of the post-Aristotelian interpretation
of the notion of the necessary and, specifically, the outlining of the most crucial
linguistical and conceptual changes and innovations offered by this version offered. Thus,
the study is focused on analysis and further comparison of Aristotle’s language and ideas
pertaining to the subject with those of Anselm, which in the end allows to trace some lines
of continuity, as well as points of divergence, between the two thinkers. Its value, then,
consists of a contribution to the rethinking of the image of Aristoteles latinus and the deeper
understanding of the early scholastic philosophical theology.
