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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof

3308	In the ontological argument a full understanding of the concept of God implies a contradiction in 'There is no God' [Benardete,JA]
	Full Idea: In the ontological argument a deep enough understanding of the very concept of God allows one to derive by logic a contradiction from the statement 'There is no God'.
	From: José A. Benardete (Metaphysics: the logical approach [1989], Ch. 4)