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Anselms Ontological Argument

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  Anselm's Ontological Argument
  
       Anselm was a great theologian and Christian philosopher during the eleventh century. Anselm's Ontological argument, argues the existence of God. Onto is defined as "being", while logical is defined as the "study of". Together Onto and logical mean the study of a being (God). Anselm uses a priori reasoning, which is conceptual reasoning and does not rely on universe observations of the world. Below, Anselm's Ontological argument will be explored further, as well as Gaunilon's counterargument.
       As mentioned above Anselm's Ontological argument, attempts to prove the existence of God through a priori reasoning. A priori reasoning involves relying on logic instead of real life experiences. An illustration of a priori reasoning can be exemplified in basic arithmetic. For example 4 + 4 = 8, there is an understanding of the number 4, an understanding of addition, and an understanding of the logic to guarantee this arithmetic question to be true...