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In a very simple form, the ontological argument attempts to show that the very concept of God implies his reality
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Outline the Ontological Argument In a very simple form, the ontological argument attempts to show that the very concept of God implies his reality. If a person can clearly conceive of a God, then he or she ought to be able to understand that God might exist. The argument seeks to prove the existence of God. The argument does not contain any evidence, which makes it an a priori argument where no previous knowledge of the world is needed to understand it. The truth of an argument does not depend on experience, but on knowledge acquired independent of experience. According to the Christian theologian, St Anselm of Canterbury we can form the concept or idea of a being than which none greater can be conceived. "He put his argument into 6 stages, which set out to prove his concept of God to exist in his book, Proslogion."(2) The argument can be outlined the...
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