... parts that through time would allow them to form a whole. Perdurantists also claim that at all times all things existing at those times are equally real. Just because an object is not wholly existing in the now does not mean that it is not real. It is real, but is merely a portion ... is irrelevant, because the bottom line is that you do exist at various times. So when discussing a person who existed yesterday and that same person existing today, an endurantist would pick out a concrete particular and compare the two from the two different times. This means then that persistence through t...

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... the idea of some thing, then that property really does belong to that thing. 2. The idea of God is of a perfect being. 3. Not existing would be an imperfection. 4. Since the idea of God is of a perfect being, it must be true of the idea that it has the property of always ... that were there to be one, there would be the other. This however is not the same way with God. Since I cannot think of God but as existing, existence is inseparable from God and therefore God exists. There is a funny way that Descartes is using existence here. Later we will look at it more clearly ... arise. Since ...

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... God means infinite goodness. He defines this as a being that is all good, powerful, and all knowing. With this definition the objection of evil existing arises. Evil exists in this world. It is seen everywhere, in every city and in every country. Although evil itself cannot be seen its influence is ... best decision there must be some sort of doubt, some bad in order to make a the best possible choice. There must be some sort of evil existing in a perfect world if it is one where god wants free choices to be made. Having evil in their world is a condition that is needed ... to Plato wit...

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... I thought on that day." Or "I will continue to exist, because I am thinking now." Therefore, the existence of I can only be proved to be right when the moment of existing is equal to the moment of thinking, in other words, I can only prove that I exist at this moment, by thinking at the same time. "Cogito Ergo Sum" is ... not an idealistic proposition. Some people claim that this proposition is subjectively idealistic, they interpret it as thinking leads to existing. If thinking leads to existing, then "my illusion" creates the world, which makes this sentence subjectively idealistic. H...

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... existence. Therefore, God exists even to the nonbelievers understanding. Anselm also states that whatever is understood exists in the understanding. He also tells us that existing in reality is greater the existing only in the understanding. If existing in reality is greater, then God had better exist in reality, as well as in the understanding. Otherwise, we could conceive of something better, and ... ...

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... , Gaunilo and Russell. The most well known form of the Ontological Argument was thought of by St Anselm of Canterbury. He claimed that you cannot think of God as NOT existing and that existence is essential to his very idea of God. His main argument is set out in two parts; "What is God?" and, "Is His existence necessary?" He described ... that the answer must be yes. He argued that God exists not only in the intellect but also in reality - Something that can be thought to be greater than something existing only in the mind and that something than which nothing greater can be conceived t...

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... existence. If he were trying to prove that God does exist (which he is not), he would not try to prove that God exists yet he would prove that some existing being is a God. Kierkegaard states that God is not a name, but it is merely a concept. Humans are all selfish beings who love themselves more than anyone else. Yet this love ... equal state of each other. 4. Sartre believes that his version of existentialism gives humans more dignity than Christianity does. He represents atheistic existentialism which states that if there is no existing God, there is at least one being whose existen...

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... , or b) if they are real, can you exist in both of them at the same exact time? "The Matrix- is referred to as a dream-like place. My argument for actually existing in the matrix is the old saying, "I think, therefore I am."" You never cease to think, because if you did you simply would not exist. Therefore, even when you are dreaming ... time, however that doesn't apply to ALL the time. You cannot exist in the Matrix while you are awake. This technically means that you cannot exist in the Matrix without existing in what we know as the real world at the same time. Of course this would on...

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... physical world with a God beyond this world, but they could not. So I am left with David Hume's argument, "that there cannot be a necessary being, because anything we can conceive of existing, we can conceive of as not ... ...

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... only characteristics or qualities can clarify or describe a concept, and since existence is neither it cannot be utilized in the argument. Kant then points out that the concept of God existing cannot be derived from the definition of him being all perfect, just as the concept of a leprechaun or unicorn's existence cannot be derived from it's definition. Another problem with the ... must keep this in mind, to assume guided evolution is to assume the existence of the main thing we want to explain, namely organized complexity. It simply postulates an already existing being of prodigious in...

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... is called holy. By this means the Holy Ghost is like the Father and the Son, a person subsisting in the divine substance. Therefore a divine substance would clearly be capable of existing, understanding, and loving, yet not as we do. Man by nature is a substance and a thing. Hence man's knowing and man's loving are not a man's very were being. However, God's being ... , understanding and loving must be identical; his existing in nature, mind, and in love are therefore one in the same, though each is it's own substance. It is evident that every human has some sort of personality. The ... ...

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... that the idea is Innate, or that there are innate ideas at all? Three similar objections can be raised, the first being that God can be thought of as not existing. That is, we can separate his existence from his essential attributes. Since, according to some critics, we can conceive of God as not ... existing, then existence is not a necessary attribute of this idea. A further objection to Descartes' proof is that even though a necessary attribute of a mountain is that it be adjacent to a valley, it ... ...

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... only characteristics or qualities can clarify or describe a concept, and since existence is neither it cannot be utilized in the argument. Kant then points out that the concept of God existing cannot be derived from the definition of him being all perfect, just as the concept of a leprechaun or unicorn's existence cannot be derived from it's definition. Another problem with the ... must keep this in mind, to assume guided evolution is to assume the existence of the main thing we want to explain, namely organized complexity. It simply postulates an already existing being of prodigious in...

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... can conceive of a GCB that exists in reality as well as in the mind. Every person should be able to get a mental image in their mind of a greatest conceivable being existing in both reality and in their heads. Therefore, there is a being that is greater than the greatest conceivable being. But this is impossible, for it is a contradiction. It is a contradiction ... island. An island that's simply the greatest island that anybody will ever imagine. I can conceive of it in my mind only though. But wait, that's silly, why couldn't I imagine it existing, some uncharted desert isle, it could...

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... carries with it the guarantee of being recognised, if one is not misled of what recognition means. A complete woman does not merely exist. She becomes. Becoming is better than existing. Being is existing. Becoming is understanding. The complete woman is at once mistress and slave; sword and shield; steel and velvet. Her place is both indoors and outdoors- not mutually exclusive. She ... ...

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... logical reasoning, not following iambic pentameter or sticking to any particular rhyme scheme. It seems as though the crow topples over conclusions with yet more questions, going from "just existing was His revelation" to asking questions such as "But what loved the stones and spoke stone? They seemed to exist too." (6, 7, 8) This tossing and turning is exemplified ... ...

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... his merely based assumptions. After bringing a fallacious argument from the first cause, Russell then brings the argument on Natural law. Natural law states that the observation of governing laws and existing order in the universe indicates the existence of a superior being who enacted these laws. Firstly, if he doesn't believe in natural law than he also must not believe in laws ... ...

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... clearly that this same being so exists that not even in thought can it not exist. Thus whoever understands that God exists in such a way cannot think of Him not existing" He argues that God cannot be thought not to exist because His existence is a fact and His non-existence is unthinkable. God must be true in existence because without Him ... ...

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... until you try. In conclusion, for one to find faith in God one must be susceptible to simple arguments like there is a God because he is our whole reason for existing and he encompasses everything surrounding you, or you are harder to convince you should have, as Pascal's stated, the sources of belief: reason, custom, and inspiration. Reason being scriptures which ... ...

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... that mean that you do not exist? Do you exist only because people acknowledge your existence? If you were absolutely alone, in the middle of the wilderness, would you stop existing because there was no one there who could touch you and see you and talk to you? Just like if a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound if ... ...

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... . Locke agree with Descartes" idea of physical substance, but runs into problems because Locke can only know what originates in our senses. George Berkeley continues with the idea of substance existing only in their being perceived. Physical substance can not be known to have any other existence that in the characteristics we perceive. What follows from Berkeley's argument is that the ... ...

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... lies in their views of forms are related to particular things. Aristotle rejects the idea of transcendent forms for an idea of immanent forms. It is a view of forms as existing within particular sensible things. He overcomes Plato's unbridgeable chasm between forms and sensible things by asserting that forms can be causes of things only if they are in those things ... ...

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... the center for any core." (Kaufmann, pg 13) Buber also states that people can go through life with out ever knowing who they really are. They are just mere shells existing as people who are here living but do not know what there true existence is, as stated in this quote by Buber " this is an orientation in which I does not ... ...

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... . Which is why in my preparation for this paper rather than completely proving the unexistence of God I felt rather uncomfortable to try and prove something I strongly believe in as not existing. Therefore I left only the atheist views of why God doesn't exist and finished it off with the theist reasons of why he does exist. I strongly feel that as a proud Christian ... ...

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... park was the most perfect of all possibilities. Leibniz uses the word "Monad" to mean that which is one, has no parts and is therefore indivisible. These are the fundamental existing things. A monad contains within itself all the predicates that are true of the subject of which it is the concept, and these predicates are related by sufficient reason into a vast ... ...

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