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1. God is that being nothing greater than which be thought of. |
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This means that God is like the perfect island and so can never be exceeded by greatness and has the most positive predicates about it. |
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2. Something which cannot be thought not to exist is greater than anything which can be thought not to exist. |
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This, in simple terms, means that we hope that every positive thing that occurs in the mind exists in reality. |
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3. Therefore, it is impossible to think that this being cannot exist. |
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We cannot think that God does not exist, as it has to be the best thing in existence. |
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4. And this being we call 'God'. |
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The term God means: the one Supreme Being, the creator and ruler of the universe, which has the predicate of existence. |
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