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"The Ontological Argument fails to prove God's existence" The ontological argument, put forward by Anselm of Canterbury, is an a prior argument, which means it is an argument based solely on reason and logic. Logic is something that both believers and non-believers possess, and to which everyone has access; therefore Anselm believed his argument to be convincing enough to prove the existence of God. However, I do not think he successfully proves the existence of God through the ontological argument, for reasons that I will discuss in the essay. Anselm puts his argument in the following form: 1. The definition of "God" is "the greatest thing that can be conceived" 2. Existence in reality is greater than mere existence in the understanding 3. Therefore, God must exist in reality, not just in the understanding It must first be noted that the argument seeks to prove the statement 'God exists' as an analytic statement - a statement...

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