contradictions‚ the faultiness of the cosmological and teleological arguments is apparent as they pose more questions than it answers the existence of God through rational thought. But how can we define God if we don’t know what God is? A Benedictine monk‚ Anselm of
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Modern western civilization as we know it has taken years to develop. Similar to America‚ western civilization is the result of a melting pot of different cultures and their influences on one another. Amongst these cultures specifically to influence each other were the Judo-Christian and Germanic cultures. To reiterate the Judo-Christian culture influenced Germanic culture through devout faith and trust in God‚ furthermore Germanic culture influenced the beliefs of Judo-Christians by providing an
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Anselm defined God as "that than which nothing greater can be conceived"‚ and argued that this being must exist in the mind; even in the mind of the person who denies the existence of God. He suggested that‚ if the greatest possible being exists in the mind
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St Anselm was impressed by Gaunilo’s objections and wrote a careful reply to him. The crux of Anselm’s response was that his argument only applies to the greatest possible being: it is part of the essence of the greatest possible being that it must exist. It is not part of the essence of the greatest possible island that it must exist (islands can exist or not)‚ but it is part of the greatest possible being that it must exist. So whether an atheist thinks Gaunilo’s Lost Island objection is decisive
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draw from several art traditions and refer to contemporary culture with each artist’s point of view challenging the idea of art as unique and precious. This is similar to the Dada movement of the 1920’s and is evident in the works and concepts of Anselm Kiefer‚ Stelarc and Anne Zahalka. Postmodernism can be seen as a division from modernism. During the 1960’s societies approach to creativity‚ history‚ literature‚ architecture‚ science‚ values and society in general began to drastically change. Throughout
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The debate of whether God exists or does not has been going on from the time of the ancient philosophers such as St. Aquinas and St. Anselm‚ who both supported the existence of God‚ whereas‚ many years later there were those who tried to disprove the arguments presented. Some of these disbelievers include Immanuel Kant‚ Friedrich Nietzsche and David Hume‚ all whom argue that God does not indeed exist. Although God is considered dead and nonexistent by many‚ he does indeed exist because something
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Art Periods/ Movements Characteristics Chief Artists and Major Works Historical Events Stone Age (30‚000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Cave painting‚ fertility goddesses‚ megalithic structures Lascaux Cave Painting‚ Woman of Willendorf‚ Stonehenge Ice Age ends (10‚000 b.c.–8‚000 b.c.); New Stone Age and first permanent settlements (8000 b.c.–2500 b.c.) Mesopotamian (3500 b.c.–539 b.c.) Warrior art and narration in stone relief Standard of Ur‚ Gate of Ishtar‚ Stele of Hammurabi ’s Code Sumerians invent
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aristotle and he incorporates Aristotle in his theology. • Anselm ○ Aquinas is attacking this argument. Ontological (being‚ existence) argument. ○ Anselm say people accept ontological arguments. • Aquinas ○ We can use to the same method aristotle used to reason and prove the existence of God. ○ Cosmological arguments that God exists. • What’s greater than God is the idea that God actually exists ○ Presented by Anselm ○ Aquinas doesn’t accept this argument ○ It’s only persuasive
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to engage in such conversations. I am a born Catholic and as my grandfather would say‚ I would also die a Catholic. Perhaps‚ that is the reason why religion coincides with philosophy because‚ in most cases through reasoning‚ religious beliefs‚ be it sects‚ cults or congregations be philosophized and let others follow such. Philosophy is defined in the Oxford dictionary as‚ “the use of reason and argument in seeking the truth and knowledge or reality‚ especially of the causes and nature of things
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if the island had 100 trees‚ it could be greater with 101 trees and so on. There is no maximum number of trees that make it great. The island has no intrinsic maximum as the greatest possible island is incoherent. This is not the same with God as Anselm argues. God’s attributes such as power and knowledge have limits. God knows everything and therefore it is conceptually impossible for him to know anything
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