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Subject: Tee hee. Author: Wade A. Tisthammer [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 04/18/02 12:06pm In reply to: David 's message, "Hehe" on 04/16/02 1:16pm >Yeah sorry I was trying to use [b] to make html bold >text but apparently i was doing it wrong or it was >unsupported :) I'll try again without any html stuff I suggest you go to this web page to learn that kind of html stuff. >"How is it any less of a contradiction to say that the >greatest possible being necessarily DOES exist than >that the greatest possible being necessarily DOES NOT >exist? If it is certain that it does exist it is no >longer merely possible." Quite correct. The statement “The greatest possible being necessarily does not exist” can be translated to mean “The greatest possible being does not exist in any possible world” or “The greatest possible being cannot possibly exist,” which is absurd because of its self-contradictory nature that results from the coherent meaning of the concept. If a being is possible (e.g. the greatest possible being) it can’t be impossible. The greatest possible being would by definition exist in at least one possible world. >>> “Necessary existence” is the greatest possible form >>>of existence because it means existence in all >>>possible worlds. > >I dont think it logically follows that it is >necessarily the greatest. That what is necessarily the greatest? Necessary existence? If so, why isn’t necessary existence the greatest possible form of existence? Do you know of one greater? [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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Subject Author Date *giggle* David 04/18/02 12:57pm Ha ha. -- Wade A. Tisthammer, 04/18/02 1:29pm Hohoho -- David, 04/18/02 9:29pm toung twister -- Emma, 12/22/02 7:04pm