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Single Idea 3639

[filed under theme 28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof ]

Full Idea

In the case of God necessary existence is in fact a property in the strictest sense of the term, since it applies to him alone and forms a part of his essence as it does of no other thing

Gist of Idea

Necessary existence is a property which is uniquely part of God's essence

Source

René Descartes (Reply to Fifth Objections [1641], 383)

Book Ref

Descartes,René: 'Meditations on First Philosophy etc.', ed/tr. Cottingham,John [CUP 1986], p.97