Whatever it is better to be than not to be
The Anselmian claim that God is that than which a greater cannot be thought in virtue of being ‘whatever it is better to be than not to be’ may be accused of incoherence or even unintelligibility. By proposing a non-relative but apparently meaningful analysis thereof, I attempt to defend it against...
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Springer Nature B. V
2013
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International journal for philosophy of religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 74, Issue: 1, Pages: 131-143 |
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Possibilism
B Actualism B Morality B Great Chain of Being B That than which a greater cannot be thought B Greatness B Actuality B God B Anselm B Universal value-commensurability |
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