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  • anselm
    • palms 1.4
      • Anselm defined God as ‘that than which nothing greater can be conceived.
        • (aliquid quo nihil maius cogitari posit)
      • Anselm argued that “Only the fool says in his heart, ‘There is no God’.”
        • Even the fool knows what is meant by ‘that than which nothing greater can be thought’, even though he might not believe that it actually exists.
    • god exists in reality
      • Anselm argues that if we accept that we can imagine a being who is perfect in every way and could not possibly be any better than it is, then we must accept that it exists.
    • defining god
      • Anselm argues that existence is part of the definition of ‘a being greater than which nothing can be conceived.’
    • introducing anselm
      • St Anselm was born in 1033 and died in 1109.
      • He wanted to find an argument which would show that God exists, without need for any further evidence and argument.

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