The Persuasiveness Of St. Anselm’s

God can be compared as ideas and reality. The reality of God is greater than the idea of God. “And surely that-than-which–a-greater-cannot-be-thought cannot exist in the mind alone. For if it exist solely in the mind, it can be thought to exist in reality also, which is greater.” An idea of God can be thought, but it must exist outside

If we can believe in our own existence, and other non visible things in our lives, we should believe in God too. If it is said God does not exist, then a being which nothing greater can be conceived is in fact a being which a greater can be conceived. Without God we would be able to think of a greater being because there would not be God. This is logically impossible because of criterion. God is defined as the being which none greater is possible. The understanding of God exists in the mind and in reality. If He only existed in the mind, and could have existed then He could have been greater than Himself. If He exists in reality than He may have been greater than He is. With that said, God would be a being which a greater is possible. This cannot be true because God is the greatest being. Therefore God exists in both the mind and reality. Anselm has provided his faith seeking understanding in which helps find a love of God seek deeper knowledge of God. Once we are able to love God, we can become knowledgeable about him. Anselm has persuaded his audience into believing there is a Being which no greater can be conceived.

in reality, in the mind and in the object of thought for God to be the greatest Being. The painter Anselm uses is a good example, “Thus when a painter plans beforehand what he is going to execute, he has [the picture] in his mind, but he does not yet think that it actually exists because he has not yet executed it. However, when he has actually painted it, then he both has it in his mind and understands that it exists because he has now made it.” The painter can picture what he wants to paint in his head, but until he paints it, it does not exist. Another example is when a poem title is read, the meaning of the poem may not be developed until the poem has been read. God exists in our mind in which we use to think that there is no Being which is greater. God in reality is greater than the idea of God in our mind. We have the advantage of being able to think of this Being which is greater, but we must apply Him to reality in order to understand there is nothing greater. Using the idea of the poem title, when it is read, for example “The River of Blue”, it may be known to someone why it has its title. When the poem is read, the reality of it will

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