Ideas of Anselm, by Theme
[Italian, 1033 - 1109, Born in Aosta, Italy. Archbishop of Canterbury under King William II of England. Died at Canterbury.]
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3. Truth / A. Truth Problems / 1. Truth
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Anselm of Canterbury identified truth with God [Engel]
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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
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If that than which a greater cannot be thought actually exists, that is greater than the mere idea
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An existing thing is even greater if its non-existence is inconceivable
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Conceiving a greater being than God leads to absurdity
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A perfection must be independent and unlimited, and the necessary existence of Anselm's second proof gives this [Malcolm]
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The word 'God' can be denied, but understanding shows God must exist
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Guanilo says a supremely fertile island must exist, just because we can conceive it
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Nonexistence is impossible for the greatest thinkable thing, which has no beginning or end
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / b. Ontological Proof critique
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Anselm's first proof fails because existence isn't a real predicate, so it can't be a perfection [Malcolm]
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