ontological quotes

Anselm’s definition of God

“God is that which no greater can be conceived”

Guanilo’s objection

“The Lost Island”

Descartes definition of God

“the supremely perfect being”

Descartes conceiving of God

“from the fact that I cannot conceive of God without existence, it follows that existence is inseparable from him and hence he must exist”

Kant’s opposition to Descartes

“annihilate it’s existence in thought and you annihilate the thing itself”
if the concept is denied you can avoid a logical contradiction such as a triangle not having 3 sides

Hume’s opposition to Malcom

“it will always be possible to conceive the non-existence of something that you previously conceived to exist”

Russell on existence as a predicate

“existence quite definitely is not a predicate”

what does Russell say about the ontological argument generally

“the ontological argument is a case of bad grammar”

Aquinas on knowing the essence of God

“Because we cannot know the essence of God, we cannot know that He exists from that essence”

Kant on existence as a predicate

“being is evidently not a real predicate, that is, it is not a concept of something that could be added to the concept of a thing

kant on necessary existence

“the mere concept of a necessary being does not entail its actual existence”

Aquinas on “epistemic distance”

“we cannot know what God is, but only what He is not”