Anselm's Philosophy
Anselm's definition of a God starts by saying that God is
the greatest being we
can possibly think of. When Anselm states this, it essentially means that it is
not possible
to think of a being greater than God. Anselm also states that if God is the
greatest thinkable being, he is referring to the fact that it would be
impossible to imagine or to create in ones mind someone or something being
better than God. Therefore, it would be impossible to say that God only exists
in ones mind because it is much greater to exist in reality than it is to exist
only in ones mind. Anselm then suggests that God has many attributes which
describe him. Among these being: self-existent, a necessary being, omnipotent,
omniscient, completely just and timelessly eternal.
