Uploaded September 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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In this video, I'll talk about St Anselm's Ontological Argument for the existence of God. I think this is one of the most widely misunderstood arguments in philosophy, because it rests on Platonic Metaphysics (which is largely lost in our society today, which is more Aristotelian thanks to Thomas Aquinas).
References:
[1] https://iep.utm.edu/anselm-ontological-argument/#:~:text=More%20formally%2C%20the%20argument%20is,that%20does%20not%20necessarily%20exist.
[2] Richard Brecher - “Greatness' in Anselm's Ontological Argument” (1974) link: jstor.org/stable/2217714#:~:text='better'%20or%20'more%20perfect,Anselm's%20argument%20for%20his%20existence.
#christianity #theism #god #philosophy #theology
I have a SubStack: Read more here: thinkingchristian.substack.com
In this video, I'll talk about St Anselm's Ontological Argument for the existence of God. I think this is one of the most widely misunderstood arguments in philosophy, because it rests on Platonic Metaphysics (which is largely lost in our society today, which is more Aristotelian thanks to Thomas Aquinas).
References:
[1] https://iep.utm.edu/anselm-ontological-argument/#:~:text=More%20formally%2C%20the%20argument%20is,that%20does%20not%20necessarily%20exist.
[2] Richard Brecher - “Greatness' in Anselm's Ontological Argument” (1974) link: jstor.org/stable/2217714#:~:text='better'%20or%20'more%20perfect,Anselm's%20argument%20for%20his%20existence.
#christianity #theism #god #philosophy #theology
