St. Anselm's Ontological Argument
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5 propositions
3 inferences
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Claim
There is not a being than which nothing greater can be conceived, or it exists only in the understanding but not in reality
Arguments
If it is true that...
There is not a being than which nothing greater can be conceived, or it exists only in the understanding but not in reality
and
If a god exists, that existence is within the human mind
Then it must be true that...
There is not a being than which nothing greater can be conceived, or it exists only in the understanding but not in reality
If it is true that...
If God exists reality, then God is the greatest conceivable being
Then it must be true that...
There is not a being than which nothing greater can be conceived, or it exists only in the understanding but not in reality
Consequences
If it is true that...
There is not a being than which nothing greater can be conceived, or it exists only in the understanding but not in reality
and
God is greater than can be conceived
Then it must be true that...
God exists
If it is true that...
There is not a being than which nothing greater can be conceived, or it exists only in the understanding but not in reality
and
If a god exists, that existence is within the human mind
Then it must be true that...
There is not a being than which nothing greater can be conceived, or it exists only in the understanding but not in reality