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has been argued because there has been no direct proof, but the numbers of people that have faith in God has given the argument for existence some merit. This paper is going to explain Anselm's argument for , criticisms against it, and how he would try to dispro ....

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.... that a greater being than God can be conceived. This is evident from his third and fourth statements. By the definition of God no greater being can be conceived. Hence it is false that God exists in the understanding but not in reality. This is evident from all of the previous statements. By granting the fool's statement as true he's setting up the fool to contradict himself. He then leads the fool to a statement that he cannot deny. He says that the existence in reality would be greater than the existence in understanding alone. This statement cannot be denied because through reason there are more advantages in reality than only existing in ....