Why the Good is supremely good: a defence of the Monologion proof
The opening chapters of Anselm's Monologion contain a ‘proof’ of a perfect being, which has received far less attention than the more famous Proslogion proof, and the ontological arguments derived from it. I wish to rectify this by developing an argument in defence of a crucial premise of the M...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2022
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Religious studies
Έτος: 2022, Τόμος: 58, Τεύχος: 4, Σελίδες: 715-731 |
| Τυποποιημένες (ακολουθίες) λέξεων-κλειδιών: | B
Anselm, Canterbury, Erzbischof, Heiliger 1033-1109, Monologion
/ Το Καλό
/ Θεϊσμός
/ Φυσική θεολογία
/ Οντολογική απόδειξη της ύπαρξης του Θεού
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| Σημειογραφίες IxTheo: | AB Φιλοσοφία της θρησκείας, Κριτική της θρησκείας, Αθεϊσμός NBC Δόγμα του Θεού |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Axiology
B Monologion B Metaphysics B Natural Theology B Anselm |
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| Σύνοψη: | The opening chapters of Anselm's Monologion contain a ‘proof’ of a perfect being, which has received far less attention than the more famous Proslogion proof, and the ontological arguments derived from it. I wish to rectify this by developing an argument in defence of a crucial premise of the Monologion proof. This premise states that ‘the Good’, i.e. that in virtue of which numerically distinct things may all be good, must itself be a supremely good thing (if it exists). I motivate the argument before considering objections to both premises, as well as putative ‘parodies’ of my argument. Part of the motivation of my argument will involve the claim that the Good, if it is good at all, must be a paradigm good thing. I conclude that theists have a second kind of ontological argument at their disposal. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-901X |
| Περιλαμβάνει: | Enthalten in: Religious studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S0034412521000275 |