anselm
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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.
- Anselm defined God as ‘that
than which nothing greater can be conceived.
- 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.
- palms 1.4
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