Add to ORKGIn this paper, I argue that Anselm's account of truth in De Veritate (DV) depends on the key elements of the Doctrine of Divine Simplicity (DDS). Studies on the presence of DDS in the work of Anselm are scarce, and of those available none focuses on the role of DDS in DV. With this paper I hope to contribute to this gap in Anselmian scholarship. According to DDS God is not different from his attributes. Historically, this doctrine was developed primarily by the Church Fathers within the context of theological polemics to argue (against Modalists) that (a) in the Triune unity of the Godhead there are three distinct persons who are Father, Son, and Spirit, (against Pagans), (b) that God is different from the world, and (against Gnostics) that...