Monday, January 28, 2019


I was very intrigued in the way Anselm argues for the existence of the Supreme or God in Mongolion. The approach he takes in arguing against non-believers is very unique and worth paying close attention to. He axiomatically explains personal preferences and that individuals have the propensity to prefer things insofar as those things have are Good or have some sort of Goodness in them, as the maxim to go by. If this is to be true, then there exists countably infinite things in which one can find good or goodness in. To account for this, there is an ascribed "weight" to the things in which an individual finds to be good which defines their preferences. Therefore all things are relative based on the value of their goodness when preferred over other things. Among the preferences of an individual there may be specific ones which are regarded vacuously, as they are Good for the sake of themselves, by the individual - these things are what can be classified as truly good. Thus, among them there is relativism and the overall prevailing thing is regarded as the Supreme good, as it is not only good for the sake of itself but is Good. This, by Anselm's decree, is God.

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