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... Anselm of Canterbury’s Ontological argument for the existence of God focuses on the difference between existence in reality, existence in understanding, and what we may conclude from analyzing each. ... The ontological argument itself argues the existence of God by saying that his being by nature includes the concept of necessary existence. ... The key premise of the argument is that existence in reality is a great- making quality and this concept applies directly to the existence of God. While this argument is widely accepted and understood, there is much to be questioned about its validity.
The argument can be reconstructed into several different points which attempt to justify the existence of God. First, Anselm states that God is that which nothing greater is possible. God is the greatest possible being. He follows that claim by saying that it is at least possible for God to have existed in reality.
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