Premises rely on the definition that God is a “being that which none greater is possible” and that it would be greater to exist, rather to only exist in understanding.
1st Objection, Gaunilo:
a) Island applied to premises, instead of God.
Against Gaunilo:
a) doesn’t lead to absurdity, a greater thing would be possible
b) an island in which none greater is possible, is not possible (island has finite bounds)
2nd Objection, Kant’s claims (famous for a.)
a) premise (3), existence is a quality or predicate that adds to the greatness of a thing
a. existence is a quality or predicate
b. existence, like wisdom and unlike physical size, is a great-making quality or predicate
b) existence is not a genuine predicate
Against Kant:
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