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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy “Ontological Arguments”

Ontological arguments are arguments, for the conclusion that God exists, from premises which are supposed to derive from some source other than observation of the world — e.g., from reason alone. In other words, ontological arguments are arguments from nothing but analytic, a priori and necessary premises to the conclusion that God exists.

The first, and best-known, ontological argument was proposed by St. Anselm of Canterbury in the 11th. century A.D. In his Proslogion, St. Anselm claims to derive the existence of God from the concept of a being than which no greater can be conceived. St. Anselm reasoned that, if such a being fails to exist, then a greater being — namely, a being than which no greater can be conceived, and which exists — can be conceived. But this would be absurd: nothing can be greater than a being than which no greater can be conceived. So a being than which no greater can be conceived — i.e., God — exists.

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Ontological Argument Wikipediaicon
Anselm's Proslogion: One, Simple Proof? Dennis W. Jowersicon
The Ontological Argument Kenneth Einar Himma - The Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophyicon
Ontological Arguments Graham Oppy - Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophyicon
Anselm's Ontological Argument Gideon Rosen - Princeton Universityicon
The Ontological Argument from Anselm to Gödel Raul Corazzonicon
The Ontological Argument www.Existence-of-God.comicon
What is the Ontological argument for the existence of God? www.GotQuestions.orgicon
The Ontological Argument Philosophy of Religionicon
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