(December 17, 2015 at 6:44 pm)Cato Wrote:(December 17, 2015 at 5:10 pm)Reflex Wrote: Oh. Wiki. Now there's a reliable source.
Right, it must be your superior intellect that allows you to gloss over the two explanatory notes and four unique references cited for just those two sentences.
You mean the ones that have nothing to do with the etymology of the word?
Anyway, since this thread is about the ontological argument, I will state unambiguously that I am not a fan. In fact, I don't think an argument can be made that proves God's existence. But insight goes where reason fails: many if not most of science's great leaps in understanding were products of insight rather than linear thinking and studiousness.