this relationship only challenges minds‚ inspires people to think‚ and allows others to obtain a deeper and more detailed perspective. The philosopher St. Anselm presents an argument known as “The Ontological
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definition of the word ’God’. It therefore claims that if you understand what God is‚ then you understand that he must exist. St. Anselm‚ an Archbishop of Canterbury‚ first proposed the Ontological Argument in his book ’Proslogian’‚ according to Anselm‚ both theists and atheists have a definition of God‚ if only for atheists to dismiss his existence. Therefore‚ Anselm claims‚ God exists in the mind. This could be considered a strength of the Ontological Argument for God’s existence. The fact that
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definition to prove his point. Anselm begins his Chapter 2 argument with his own understanding of God‚ “I may understand that you exist as we believe you exist‚ and that you are what we believe you to be. Now we believe that you are something that which nothing greater can be thought.” (Feinberg‚ p. 30). Anslem’s understanding of God is a vital part for this argument. Throughout the chapter 2 argument the term “The Fool” is used to refer to those who are atheist. Anselm explains how although “The Fool”
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Thanks to Saint Anselm‚ Archbishop of Canterbury1‚ the ontological argument was born in the early 1100’s. The ontological point of view‚ according to St. Anselm‚ describes God as “a being than which no greater can be conceived”.2 St. Anselm concluded that if such being failed to exist‚ another even greater being could be conceived that does exist. This argument would be illogical‚ as no being can be greater than the greatest being. Therefore God must exist. As you can see‚ St. Anselm’s ontological
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directly to God. As a firm believer in God‚ Anselm wished to prove God’s existence and confirm his strong faith by using logic and reason. The Ontological argument is a priori and is based on deductive reasoning because it seeks to prove the existence of God from the understanding of the attributes of the God of classical theism. Chapter Two of the Proslogion introduces Anselm’s argument. The first part of the argument focuses on the definition of God. Anselm defines God as ‘that than which nothing
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In the “Proslogion” Anselm argues God as the greatest conceivable being that exists in reality. In this essay‚ I will show that Anselm’s ontological argument is sound and his conclusion logically follows from his premises. I will consider an objection towards Anselm’s definition of God and show that it is unconvincing and flawed. The objection against Anselm’s ontological argument that I will consider will be one brought up by a contemporary of Anselm‚ Gauinilo. His objection was that if you were
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Anselm’s argument of God’s existence and Aquinas objection I was in the debate team in high school. And there were times that our team would take the against side of the statement. In his famous work Prologion‚ written in 1077-1078‚ Anselm presents the idea the God exists because God is the greatest thing of all‚ that the idea of thinking of God exists prove its existence. Hundred of years later‚ Thomas Aquinas brings up the account that addresses Anselm’s idea in objection 2 of Question II‚ First
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attempted to contradict both Descartes’ and Anselm’s versions of the Ontological Argument in two different ways. In his first argument‚ Kant begins by hypothetically accepting that existing is indeed a defining predicate of God (which both Descartes and Anselm claim it is). He then goes on to argue that‚ even if this were true‚ there would be no contradiction in altogether rejecting the concept of God. For example‚ you may understand that having a single horn on its head is a defining predicate of a unicorn
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the existence of God.’ Discuss. (10) For Anselm‚ using logic that can be deducted about God‚ it is clear to see that God’s existence is necessary. In the second ontological argument from Anselm‚ God is the greatest being possible; it is greater to exist by necessity than by contingence‚ it is therefore‚ impossible for God to not exist. In this argument‚ God’s existence is an analytic statement‚ it is impossible to prove that God exists and although Anselm believes that it does not need to be proven
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himself in order to trick the devil into releasing humanity. Anselm response to such outrages
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