PHILOS 1E03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Ontological Argument
17 Jan 2020
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The cause of an object (or idea) must contain at least as much as reality as the object (or idea) itself, whether formally or eminently. Eminently means to have it in a higher or grander form. Consider the things that i can prove about the triangle- that it"s three angles equal 2 right angles, that it"s longest side is opposite its greatest angle, and so on. I now clearly recognize these properties of the triangle, whether i want to or not so they can"t have been invented by me. " The mere fact that i find my thought an idea of something x, and vividly and clearly perceive x to have certain property, it follows that x really does have that property. If god has necessary existence, then god exists. I cant think of god except as existing, just as i can"t think of a river without banks.
