Anselm Flashcards
What quote about the fool illustrates the atheism standpoint?
“The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.”
True or False: Anselm latches onto the word “God” and inquires upon what this word means.
True
How does Anselm define God?
That than which nothing greater can be thought.
What does Anselm claim that the fool believes that can easily be objected?
That the fool has the idea of God in his understanding.
Anselm says things can exist in two places. What are these 2 places?
1) Reality
2) Understanding
How does Anselm’s argument relate to the idea of the painting?
An idea of a painting (the way in which the painting will be executed) exists in the understanding but not in reality cause the painting hasn’t been made.
What is the outline of Anselm’s argument?
1) That than which nothing greater can be thought exists in the understanding of the fool.
2) A being is greater if it exists not only in the understanding but in reality.
C) The fool cannot say that that than which nothing greater can be thought exists only in the understanding b/c then it would be less great than thought to be.
According to Anselm, what does the fool believe about God?
That he is not as great as he is thought to be.
What is the contradiction in the fool’s argument?
That than which nothing greater can be thought is not as great as we think. Clear contradiction.
Anselm begins by begging God to help him do something. What is it?
Help to prove to nonbelievers that God exists.
What quote about the fool illustrates the atheism standpoint?
“The fool hath said in his heart there is no God.”
True or False: Anselm latches onto the word “God” and inquires upon what this word means.
True
How does Anselm define God?
That than which nothing greater can be thought.
What does Anselm claim that the fool believes that can easily be objected?
That the fool has the idea of God in his understanding.
Anselm says things can exist in two places. What are these 2 places?
1) Reality
2) Understanding
