Combining Philosophers
Ideas for Anselm, Aristotle and Richard G. Heck
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28. God / B. Proving God / 1. Proof of God
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For Aristotle God is defined in an axiom, for which there is no proof [Aristotle, by Frede,M]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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Even the fool can hold 'a being than which none greater exists' in his understanding [Anselm]
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An existing thing is even greater if its non-existence is inconceivable [Anselm]
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Conceiving a greater being than God leads to absurdity [Anselm]
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If that than which a greater cannot be thought actually exists, that is greater than the mere idea [Anselm]
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A perfection must be independent and unlimited, and the necessary existence of Anselm's second proof gives this [Malcolm on Anselm]
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The word 'God' can be denied, but understanding shows God must exist [Anselm]
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Guanilo says a supremely fertile island must exist, just because we can conceive it [Anselm]
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Nonexistence is impossible for the greatest thinkable thing, which has no beginning or end [Anselm]
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Being is better than not-being [Aristotle]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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'Being' and 'oneness' are predicated of everything which exists [Aristotle]
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Properties must be proved, but not essence; but existents are not a kind, so existence isn't part of essence [Aristotle]
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Anselm's first proof fails because existence isn't a real predicate, so it can't be a perfection [Malcolm on Anselm]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 3. Proofs of Evidence / b. Teleological Proof
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An Order controls all things [Aristotle]
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The world can't be arranged at all if there is nothing eternal and separate [Aristotle]
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