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"That than which no greater can be conceived" feels a little like "that number than which no greater can be conceived." No matter what number I conceive of, I c
by breuleux 3y ago
"That than which no greater can be conceived" feels a little like "that number than which no greater can be conceived." No matter what number I conceive of, I can in fact conceive of a greater one, and if I couldn't, that's likely because I filled up my brain's limited working memory. Even conceptions of infinity exist on a ladder of progressively larger infinities.
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- gizajob 3y agoOne also can't actually conceive of such a thing, you're correct. We can have the idea that such a being might possibly be conceivable, like a linguistic positing of a perfect being, but as you say, actually conceiving the being will take you your whole life and still not even get close to a conception of the actual being. One of the many places the argument falls apart for me. Anselm is also the fool for considering that such a thing can exist in the mind of a fool.