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- suggesting that the notion of God cannot be concieved
- the island must necessarily exist, as an island that exists would be better
- Anselm replied by arguing that the argument appied only to concepts with necessary existence.
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- he suggested that people cannot know the nature of God and, therefore, cannot concieve of God in the way Anselm proposed.
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- we cannot claim that the ide of God implies his existence.
- we can concieve God either of existing or of not existing
- he believed that existence is not a quality (or perfection), so the concept of a completely perfect being does not exist.
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- questioned the intelligebility of the concept of a necessary being.
- proposed that the statment 'God exists' may be analytic or synthetic
- proposed that existence is not a predicate, or quality
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- asserted that the creation of the world is the most marvellous achievement imaginable.
- if the universe is the product of an existent creator, we could concieve of a greater being - one whcih does not exist.
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- drew a distinction between existence and essence, arguing that the essence of a person can be described and their existence still remain in question
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- very idea that such grand conclusions should follow from such trickery offends me
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