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Anselm's Definition of God
Anselm's definition of "God" starts by saying that God is the greatest
being we can possibly think of. When Anselm states this, it essentially
means that it is not possible to think of a being greater than God.
Anselm also states that if God is the greatest thinkable being, he is
referring to the fact that it ....
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.... ontological argument), in which I
have described above, to prove God's existence. As I mentioned, Anselm
believes that God is the greatest being we can possibly think of. He does
this by first trying to prove the opposite of what he really wants to
prove. For example, lets suppose God does not exist in reality. We then
could think of something greater, a being that has all the same virtuous
characteristics as we think God as having, but also being able to exist in
reality. He then tries to prove that this supposition leads to a
conclusion which cannot possib ....
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