descartes ontological argument

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main aim

to prove the existence of God based on the concept of God

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premise one

we have an idea of God as a supremely perfect being

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premise two

a supremely perfect being has all the perfections

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premise threee

existence is a perfection

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conclusion

therefore a supremely perfect being exists

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development one

all the premises are justified a priori either as innate knowledge or as a form of rational intuition

as the argument is deductive, the conclusion should follow necessarily

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development two

the existence of God can not be separated from the essence of God than the ‘idea of a mountain’ can be separated ‘from that of a valley’