Anselm and Aquinas: on the Existence of God

Does God exist? People have asked this question for centuries. Christians, Jews, and Muslims all say that God exists. They will claim he is all creator and taller than people. Others would argue that God does not exist, or that God is not a Christian, as Jews and Muslims have said. Both Anselm and Aquinas mentioned this issue: Anselm of his "Proslogion" and Aquinas of his "Summa Theologica". Anselm and Aquinas have the same view on the essence of God, but Anselm lacks evidence to support his argument.

The existence of the god of Anselm rejects the refusal of the existence of the god of Anselm, and if the only evidence of the existence of God is Akinus's five ways and anselm's ontological argument, as Anselm offers Seem. The best reasoning I am not saying that Anselm 's view is better or even effective, but in view of the proof of Aquinas and Anselm, Anselm' s view is better. Indeed, Anselm believes that the existence of God is based on the concept of God. He goes through discussion ... there are many arguments about the existence of God to try to prove the existence of God. In this article we will discuss ontological discussions, cosmological arguments, empirical discussions, such as avoiding errors and design arguments. There is much criticism about each of these, and the existence of God can not prove that it might be stronger than those who speak more strongly. The definition of God arguing is a God of Christians.

Thomas Aquinas objected to Anselm 's argument when presenting five evidences about the existence of God in his Summa Theologica. He believes that people can not understand the nature of God and hence can not imagine God as proposed by Anselm. Existential arguments are meaningful only to those who fully understand the essence of God. Aquinas believes that only God can fully understand its essence and that only he can use this argument. His refusal of ontological debate has caused other Catholic theologians to reject this argument.

The "trivial" proof of Thomas Aquinas helps to better understand ontological arguments. In the original ontological argument, Ansell regards existence as one of the essence of God, but Aquinas rejects it. Because we do not know the essence of God. Here he separates the essence from existence. Ansem emphasizes in his ontological argument that ontology is the same as essence. Descartes is "father of rationalism". For him, knowledge can only be obtained through reason, rather than sensory experience. The standard of truth is the "clear and clear" standard. Descartes derived God 's existence from his concept of innate concept. This means that we have created some natural ideas in this world. One of the ideas is a thought of perfect existence. Descartes said that we are limited and incomplete. How can we get a perfect existence? He explained that these ideas were directly embedded in God by our mind. Therefore, we are born with some natural ideas. This shows the existence of God