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'The Fixation of Belief', 'After Finitude' and 'Monadology'
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28. God / A. Divine Nature / 3. Divine Perfections
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This is the most perfect possible universe, in its combination of variety with order [Leibniz]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / a. Ontological Proof
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God alone (the Necessary Being) has the privilege that He must exist if He is possible [Leibniz]
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The ontological proof of a necessary God ensures a reality external to the mind [Meillassoux]
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28. God / B. Proving God / 2. Proofs of Reason / d. Pascal's Wager
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If death is annihilation, belief in heaven is a cheap pleasure with no disappointment [Peirce]
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28. God / C. Attitudes to God / 5. Atheism
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Now that the absolute is unthinkable, even atheism is just another religious belief (though nihilist) [Meillassoux]
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