If God can only exist as an idea in the mind‚ then we can imagine something greater than God. But we cannot imagine something that is greater than God. Therefore‚ God exists. The first major objection was written in response called “On Behalf of the Fool” by Gaunilo. He uses Anselm’s argument by the existence of a
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demonstrating that the argument fails? Gaunilo‚ a Benedictine monk and contemporary of St Anselm was the first to raise objections to Anselm’s idea that God exists by definition‚ claiming within “On behalf of the Fool” that Anselm’s argument was not logical and needed to be discredited. Gaunilo famously claimed that Anselm’s conclusion that the non-existence of God is “unintelligible” cannot show that God necessarily exists. Firstly‚ Gaunilo argued that the “fool” character featured in Psalm 53:1 may
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10/26/12 Mrs. Acosta On behalf of Others On Behalf Of Others Individuals who are under certain conditions should have their situations exploited in order to avoid having more people suffering. I agree with Agee’s claim because if their situations are not exploited then they can’t be given aid and it can’t be prevented in the future. In the documentary “Old People In Jail” by Tim Gruber shows some old people look like they shouldn’t be in jail. What jail does to people is make them look
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stating they were welcoming and excited for new visitors but‚ the new visitors were really brutish beasts who "barbarously murdered" everyone one of them‚ even children. While his account depicts conquistadors and colonizers as pure evil‚ "The Ship of Fools" by Alexander Barclay makes a mockery and satire of it. In his work he believes explorers and colonizers gain all this land but‚ truly learn nothing from it‚ they do it for just
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claims it is better to exist in reality than understanding so it would be contradictory for God (the greatest being that can be conceived) to exist only in understanding. Therefore‚ God exists! The greatest flaw in this argument‚ pointed out by Gaunilo in his ‘Perfect Island’ argument‚ is it invites parody. He argued that it’s possible to use the same form as the ontological argument to prove the existence of a perfect island; the island must exist otherwise it’s possible to conceive of an island
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"Fools" By Neil Simon’s I went and saw the play "Fools" by Neil Simon’s. Here is a summary of the play that I went and watched and enjoyed. The play is set a long time ago in the Russian village. The current people are living under a 200 year-old curse that has rendered generations of townsfolk stupid. Or so they seem to think. They are aware enough to know they’re stupid so just how dumb can they be? And‚ they know enough to realize that the curse can be broken and they know enough to look forward
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The Fool – King Lear The Royal Shakespeare Company writes of the Fool: There is no contemporary parallel for the role of Fool in the court of kings. As Shakespeare conceives it‚ the Fool is a servant and subject to punishment (’Take heed‚ sirrah – the whip ’ 1:4:104) and yet Lear’s relationship with his fool is one of friendship and dependency. The Fool acts as a commentator on events and is one of the characters (Kent being the other) who is fearless in speaking the truth. The Fool provides wit
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The fool In the play King Lear by William Shakespeare‚ the fool plays a very significant role. Shakespeare uses the fool as comic relief‚ as well as commentator on Lear’s mistake. The fool helps to highlight the plight of the tragic hero‚ challenging the King’s frenzy with his jokes‚ riddles and songs. His speeches are full of wit and wisdom‚ pointing out Lear’s foolishness‚ and appealing to the slight sense of sanity that still exists. The fool’s main purpose in the play is to make the king see
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The scene where I would place this play would be at the Paint Creek Gold Mine in Cabin Creek‚ West Virginia. One of the main characters sings a song called “Gold for Fools” in the opening scene‚ so I decided to set the play in a gold mine to make the characters singing and emotion more relatable to the audience. It would take place during the late 1800’s because this was a major gold mining time in US history. The stage would have a large rockwall in the background to simulate the feel of being
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Fool’s Gold Play Review The play that I’m doing my review on is called Fool’s Gold and it is a Commedia Dell’Arte play. Fool’s gold was produced by Meta Physical Theatre and directed by David Langlois. In Fool’s Gold the Miser‚ Pantalone is greedy for money so he gets together with Dottore and they fake a disease which will persuade his daughter‚ Isabella into marrying Count Viagra‚ who is very rich. Viagra already payed his father Pantalone for his daughter’s hand in marriage so Pantalone tricks
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