PHIL 10100 Chapter Notes - Chapter Meditation 3: Omnipotence
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If i was arguing for this idea, i would use the premises that: i. Man can only have ideas about things that he can experience and know. Because of premise 1 and 2, man can only have ideas about finite things. The definition of god is an infinite, omnipotent, all-knowing and all- powerful being. Because of premise 3 and 4, man could not have come up with the idea of god. Only an infinite being or one that is higher than man could have come up with the idea of god and implanted it in the mind of man. I do not believe that the first premise is sound. Man can also create ideas about things beyond himself, such as love, democracy, morality, etc. If i was arguing for the idea that man can create ideas of things that are greater than himself, i would use the premises that: i. ii.
