Anselm Introduces the Incarnation and Redemption

In Cur Deus Homo, Anselm begins his argumentation not with biblical theology or hard logic per se, but rather with an exquisite foretaste of both in a masterful turning-of-the-tables on those who want to argue that Christianity, specifically in the doctrine of the incarnation, makes no sense:

"As death came upon the human race by the disobedience of man, it was fitting that by man’s obedience life should be restored. And, as sin, the cause of our condemnation, had its origin from a woman, so ought the author of our righteousness and salvation to be born of a woman. And so also was it proper that the devil, who, being man’s tempter, had conquered him in eating of the tree, should be vanquished by man in the suffering of the tree which man bore."