Faith and Philosophical Enquiry

For this assignment, please make sure to analyze and discuss one (and only one!) of the following two classical arguments for the existence of God:

Defend a thesis and should proceed according to the following format: Thesis, Argument, Objection(s), Response(s), and Conclusion.

Include citations to the primary required class readings. These and any additional sources must be properly cited using MLA format.

1. St. Anselm’s Ontological Argument

2. Clarke’s Cosmological Argument

You may argue either for or against the soundness of the argument, but you must take up and defend a specific position.

i have chosen the first one

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St. Anselm’s Ontological Argument

As a firm believer in God, God exists in both reality and understanding. The existence in reality is much greater than the existence in understanding based on the fact that the latter is something we imagine and can only exist in our minds. St Anselm, who was an Archbishop of Canterbury, founded the Ontological argument. The avid philosopher in his famous book Pros logion outlined the ontological argument in different parts. St Anselm…………….

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