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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