anselm of canterbury

Question 1

the ontological argument

Answer 1

1) the fool says there is no god
2) but the fool, the athiest, agrees that god by definition is something than which nothing greater can be thought. he agrees that the idea of god exists
3) the fool understands what he hears and what he understands exists in his understanting (even if he does not understand that it exists in reality, outside the mind)
4) but, the being which exists in hi mind alone cannot be “that which nothing greater can be thought” (god)
5) for, it i greater or a thing to exist in reality than for it to exist only as an idea in the mind
6) god must by necesity exist both withina nd outside the mind (or god would not be god)
7) this being cannot be thought not to exist

Question 2

guanilo’s response to anselm

Answer 2

1) how does the analogyof the lost island apparently challenge the logic of anselms arghument?
2) can human beings with finie intelligence fathom a being that which a greater cannot be thought: can we form an idea of something (infinite) that we cannot know (gods nature)