The Story of Western PhilosophyThis book was born of the paperback boom, and it is meant as an aid in the interpretation of the history of Western philosophy. It is designed especially for use in a course in the history of philosophy, but I hope that it may also prove useful for other purposes, such as an historical introduction to philosophy or a comprehensive review of the history of philosophy or just as a help to the general reader trying to make some sense out of the history of Western philosophy.-Preface. |
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Page 136
... perfect being , namely one which does also exist outside the mind . But this is absurd , for to conceive of a being greater than God is to conceive of a being greater than the greatest , since God is by definition the greatest or most ...
... perfect being , namely one which does also exist outside the mind . But this is absurd , for to conceive of a being greater than God is to conceive of a being greater than the greatest , since God is by definition the greatest or most ...
Page 137
... perfect island " is self - contradictory , if it means absolutely or unqualifiedly perfect , since for a thing to be an island or any other finite thing is for it to lack many perfections , moral perfec- tion , for example . This ...
... perfect island " is self - contradictory , if it means absolutely or unqualifiedly perfect , since for a thing to be an island or any other finite thing is for it to lack many perfections , moral perfec- tion , for example . This ...
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... perfect being , and this is just exactly God . Hence the idea of God can only have been caused by God . So the conclusion follows that God exists . One way of criticizing this argument is to insist that I myself can indeed be the cause ...
... perfect being , and this is just exactly God . Hence the idea of God can only have been caused by God . So the conclusion follows that God exists . One way of criticizing this argument is to insist that I myself can indeed be the cause ...
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The Philosophical Story Previewed | 3 |
The Cosmological Philosophers | 13 |
The Anthropological Philosophers | 34 |
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