Naly Sourathathone PHI 244 Reflection Paper #3 The key idea of the Ontological argument is that God exits in reality as well as in the understanding. Anselm’s first premise states that God exists in the understanding. The second premise states that God might have existed in reality. If something exits only in understanding and might have existed in reality‚ then it might have been greater than it is as stated in the third premise. If God can only exist as an idea in the mind‚ then we can imagine
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The Ontological Argument itself was proposed by Saint Anselm‚ who was the Archbishop of Canterbury. This argument was proposed in order to prove the existence of God‚ and since its creation has caused quite a bit of controversy. This argument is also known as a reduction ad absurdum‚ known more colloquially as “reduces to absurdity”‚ of Atheism as it draws a deep comparison between two beings where one only exists in understanding while the other exactly similar being exists in reality. This is one
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drawn‚ which states that God has to exist and cannot fail to exist. In philosophical terms this refers to necessary existence. God is not a contingent being‚ due to the fact that God exists by necessity. According to Anselm‚ God simply must exist‚ and this should not be denied. Anselm also claims that is it part of God’s nature that God exists‚ and this suggests the idea that a predicate of God is God’s existence. An argument which defends the existence of God as an analytic proposition is Descartes’
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then another. Something must be the essence of cold in order for a meaure of cold to exist. We look into the world and see things that need an explanation. Logically‚ God is explanation. Therefore‚ our knowledge of God is secondary. In contrast‚ Anselm would argue that God
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show the division between Jocelin and the rest of the cathedral‚ with two deacons discussing how he is "proud"‚ "ignorant" and how "he thinks he is a saint". It is implied that the man they are talking about is Jocelin. The dialogue between Father Anselm and Jocelin demonstrates the resentment felt by the rest of the clergy in what Jocelin is doing. They do not agree‚ but his aunt is the one funding the building of the spire‚ so they cannot do anything to prevent it. The language used here‚ early
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UNDERSTANDINGS OF ANTONEMENT The English word ’atonement’ (uh tohne’ mehnt)‚ originally meant "at-one-ment"‚ i.e. being "at one"‚ in harmony‚ with someone.1 Meaning reconciliation‚ it was associated with sacrificial offerings to remove the effects of sin. We must understand that God hates sin. God is perfectly holy and just‚ He cannot tolerate sin. Sin is the things that humans do to break God’s law and is the opposite of His holiness. God and sin cannot co-exist (Exodus 34:7b). God’s law is representative
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Four components of Thomas Aquinas’ cosmological argument for the existence of God are the argument from first motion‚ the argument from first cause‚ the argument from degrees‚ and the argument from the contingent. The argument from first motion is practically the thought that because things move in the universe and something else caused those things to move‚ then there must be an initial mover—that initial mover is God (Vaughn 64-65). Aquinas’ second argument is that from first-cause‚ this is basically
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” (Drenthen‚ and Keulartz). Anselm Kiefer and Georgia O’Keeffe are the artists which are categorized in many groups. Expressionism is the common ground between them. The style‚ materials and even the size of their works are altogether different from each other. Still their driving force to make art is related to their surroundings and politics around them. They have absorbed their surroundings to such an extent that it has become an integral part of their work. Anselm Kiefer was born in 1945 in Donaueschingen
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Existentlism is just freedom. Humans are not physical things but outside determinism too. 10. Explain‚ compare‚ and contrast the views of Anselm and Gaunilo regarding the Ontological argument. Anselm and Gaunilo has had views on ontological. Anselm if we believe there are two objects that are identical one isn’t perfect and the other is. Gaunilo believes that Anselm’s theory is redundant because two words that sound the same aren’t for example
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1) Explain and evaluate the notions of Karma‚ samsara‚ and Nirvana? a) We know karma to be a chain of causes and necessary consequences in the world of human actions. Karma is the urge we have of doing something based on our previous actions or behavior. I believe the world has negative and positive energy. For example; an individual soul consists of negative and positive energy‚ which for a normal person‚ is balanced out. Therefore‚ what goes around comes around. In life we choose whether to listen
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