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For Anselm, "that than which nothing greater can be thought" is not:
{ 1 } - existent outside our minds.
{ 2 } - identifiable with the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - infinite.
{ 4 } - existent only in our minds.
{ 5 } - identifiable with the idea of an all good being.
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1 is wrong. Please try again.
For Anselm, "that than which nothing greater can be thought" is not:
{ 1 } - existent outside our minds.
{ 2 } - identifiable with the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - infinite.
{ 4 } - existent only in our minds.
{ 5 } - identifiable with the idea of an all good being.
No, it must exist outside our minds for Anselm.
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For Anselm, "that than which nothing greater can be thought" is not:
{ 1 } - existent outside our minds.
{ 2 } - identifiable with the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - infinite.
{ 4 } - existent only in our minds.
{ 5 } - identifiable with the idea of an all good being.
It is, because a creator must be infinite, and one cannot think of anything greater than an infinite being.
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For Anselm, "that than which nothing greater can be thought" is not:
{ 1 } - existent outside our minds.
{ 2 } - identifiable with the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - infinite.
{ 4 } - existent only in our minds.
{ 5 } - identifiable with the idea of an all good being.
A greater than the infinite cannot be thought.
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4 is correct!
For Anselm, "that than which nothing greater can be thought" is not:
{ 1 } - existent outside our minds.
{ 2 } - identifiable with the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - infinite.
{ 4 } - existent only in our minds.
{ 5 } - identifiable with the idea of an all good being.
True, for if it were existent only in our minds we could think of a greater being, one which existed in reality outside our minds, and that than which nothing greater can be thought would not be that than which nothing greater can be thought.
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For Anselm, "that than which nothing greater can be thought" is not:
{ 1 } - existent outside our minds.
{ 2 } - identifiable with the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - infinite.
{ 4 } - existent only in our minds.
{ 5 } - identifiable with the idea of an all good being.
A greater than an all good being cannot be thought.
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