Economics 1022A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Ontological Argument, Anselm Of Canterbury

• School: Western University
• Department: Economics
• Course: Economics 1022A/B
• Professor: Emilie Mc Hugh Rivers

Document Summary

Wants to find 1 single argument proving god"s existence and that he is the supreme good needing no other, and all things need him for wellbeing. Doesn"t want to put his own name onto writing. Wants to prove that god truly exists like we believe him to. Something that which nothing greater can be thought . The fool has said in his heart, there is no god . It"s one thing for an object to exist in the mind, and another to understand it truly exists. When painter paints, he has a picture in his mind. Once he has painted, he has it in his mind and understands it exists. Fool must understand that that than which nothing greater can be thought exists in mind, but can"t exist in the mind alone. Must exist in both mind and reality. To say in one"s heart and to think are the same.