The other problem is that, for every greatest conceivable being we can conceive of, another one can be created that tops it by simply adding the additional characteristic that it can kill the previous greatest conceivable being. And one can keep adding fripperies and new shit on top of the old, constantly building a series of consecutively greater conceivable beings merely by having the last one as a jumping off point. There is no upper limit on "greatest conceivable X" so there's no way to stop either: it's an infinite progression upwards into ridiculousness.
What does this imply for Anselm's argument? What's the minimum threshold of greatness that allows our conceived being to become real? Would we have an infinite chain of real, material greatest beings?
... Or could only the most conceivably great being- one we've already established can't exist for long- exist materially?
What does this imply for Anselm's argument? What's the minimum threshold of greatness that allows our conceived being to become real? Would we have an infinite chain of real, material greatest beings?
... Or could only the most conceivably great being- one we've already established can't exist for long- exist materially?
"YOU take the hard look in the mirror. You are everything that is wrong with this world. The only thing important to you, is you." - ronedee
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