PHL100Y1 Lecture 21: Philosophy Lecture 21
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Some (e. g. number, quantity) are so clear that. 1. they seem remembered not learned (cf. They have their own true and immutable (cid:374)atures. (cid:859) (cid:894)64(cid:895) God"s existence seems to have the same status as mathematical properties. Just as the essence of triangle includes 3 sides: the essence of god includes all perfections, existence is a perfection. Scruple: (cid:858)i distinguish existence from esse(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:859). (66) Essence: those properties without which something wouldn"t be itself. God alone cannot be himself without being (cid:858)a(cid:374)(cid:455) more than . a mountain without a (cid:448)alle(cid:455)(cid:859) (66) And (cid:455)et (cid:858)m(cid:455) thinking imposes no necessity on thi(cid:374)gs(cid:859); (cid:858)so i could perhaps attribute existence to god, even though no god e(cid:454)ists(cid:859). (cf. horse with wings) But the mountain/valley case is different: (cid:858)i am not free to think of god without existence, as of a horse with wings or without the(cid:373)(cid:859)
