PHI 1000 Lecture 20: AnslemAquinas9.289.30
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Calls it god attaches a name ot the fault. He is a fool in two sense if he understands what he"s saying. God cannot not exist, but he says god exists. Also a fool because he uses unnecessary words and is frivolous. The thought of it not existing is less than the thought of it existing ---> it cant not exist. Can determine is something exists if existence is part of its essence. Think of this as a comparative, not superlative. Thought philosophy was merely the hand maiden to theology. Focus on i answer that : existence (that, essence (what) Self evident in itself, but not to us because we don"t have that knowledge. Potentiality actuality these three comparisons are all equivalent. God is being its the being of beings.