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God is "that than which nothing greater can be thought," because:
{ 1 } - God is good.
{ 2 } - this definition is implied in the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - Anselm is a saint and his definition of God must be right.
{ 4 } - "that than which nothing greater can be thought" exists.
{ 5 } - in Western civilization this is the ordinary expression for God.
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God is "that than which nothing greater can be thought," because:
{ 1 } - God is good.
{ 2 } - this definition is implied in the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - Anselm is a saint and his definition of God must be right.
{ 4 } - "that than which nothing greater can be thought" exists.
{ 5 } - in Western civilization this is the ordinary expression for God.
Tempting answer. Chocolate ice cream is also good. Does that make it that than which nothing greater can be thought?
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God is "that than which nothing greater can be thought," because:
{ 1 } - God is good.
{ 2 } - this definition is implied in the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - Anselm is a saint and his definition of God must be right.
{ 4 } - "that than which nothing greater can be thought" exists.
{ 5 } - in Western civilization this is the ordinary expression for God.
Since a creator must have power over being as being, it must be unlimited and therefore identified with that than which nothing greater can be thought.
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God is "that than which nothing greater can be thought," because:
{ 1 } - God is good.
{ 2 } - this definition is implied in the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - Anselm is a saint and his definition of God must be right.
{ 4 } - "that than which nothing greater can be thought" exists.
{ 5 } - in Western civilization this is the ordinary expression for God.
Saints do not necessarily get all their definitions right, though it's a good bet that a saint would get the definition of God right.
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God is "that than which nothing greater can be thought," because:
{ 1 } - God is good.
{ 2 } - this definition is implied in the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - Anselm is a saint and his definition of God must be right.
{ 4 } - "that than which nothing greater can be thought" exists.
{ 5 } - in Western civilization this is the ordinary expression for God.
The existence of "that than which nothing greater can be thought" does not imply that its name is God.
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God is "that than which nothing greater can be thought," because:
{ 1 } - God is good.
{ 2 } - this definition is implied in the idea of creator.
{ 3 } - Anselm is a saint and his definition of God must be right.
{ 4 } - "that than which nothing greater can be thought" exists.
{ 5 } - in Western civilization this is the ordinary expression for God.
No, the ordinary expression for God in Western civilization is "the efficient cause of the change from nothing to being," or creator.
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