How Successful Are Modern Versions The Ontological Argument?
… greater than one who does not. Conclusion – God must exist. The argument I have outlined above is the first version of Anselm’s Ontological Argument (Intentional Existence), his second argument in Proslogian 3 (formal existence) treated God’s existence as necessary, meaning that he must have always been in existence and can never go out of existence. Descartes built on the ontological argument and the belief that existence is part of what it is have perfect Godliness (existence is a predicate of what it is to be God). He said “Just as a mountain cannot exist without a valley, just as a triangle cannot exist without three sides, just as God cannot be without existence as existence is a predicate of being God” Meaning that Descartes believed it illogical to consider a God without existence, he deemed it akin to thinking of a triangle with say 4 sides! Anselm’s argument has been criticised by several …
