 | wm.t. harris - 1870 - 396 pages
...actually existing. But nevertheless, when I regard the matter with more attention, I find it manifest that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than can the essence of a rectilineal triangle be separated from the fact that its three angles are equal... | |
 | Saint Anselm (Archbishop of Canterbury), Gaunilo - 1903 - 346 pages
...be conceived as not existent actually. But nevertheless, when I think more attentively, I find that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than from the essence of a rectilinear triangle can be separated the equality of its three \Tlte Philosophy... | |
 | University of St. Andrews - 1914 - 800 pages
...and no reasoning could ever bring us to a state of assurance and conviction upon any subject." 2. " Existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than the equality of its three angles to two right angles from the essence of a rectilinear triangle." Explain... | |
 | William Curtis Swabey - 1921 - 104 pages
...Ontological Argument in its purest form. "But when I think of it with more attention, I clearly see that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than can its having three angles equal to two right angles be separated from the essence of a rectilinear... | |
 | Henry Maudsley - 1925 - 488 pages
...pass with me for a truth at least as certain as I ever judged any truth of mathematics to be, although indeed such a doctrine may at first sight appear to...essence of God, than the idea of a mountain from that of l a valley, or the equality of its three angles to two right angles, from the essence of a [rectilineal]... | |
 | René Descartes - 1927 - 474 pages
...not actually existing. But, nevertheless, when I think of it with more attention, I clearly see that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than can its having its three angles equal to two right angles be separated from the essence of a [rectilinear]... | |
 | Jonathan Bennett - 1974 - 310 pages
...means '...existent...' because it means 'being with all perfections' and existence is a perfection: Existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than can its having three angles equal to two right angles be separated from the essence of a triangle .... | |
 | René Descartes - 1984 - 444 pages
...can be thought of as not existing. But when I concentrate more carefully, it is quite evident that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than the fact that its three angles equal two right angles can be separated from the essence of a triangle,... | |
 | B. Donagan, A. Perovich, M. Wedin - 1985 - 424 pages
...of this figure or number . . . and D2 ... when I think of it with more attention I clearly see that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than can its having its three angles equal to two right angles be separated from the essence of the rectilinear... | |
 | René Descartes - 1988 - 276 pages
...can be thought of as not existing. But when I concentrate more carefully, it is quite evident that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than the fact that its three angles equal two right angles can be separated from the essence of a triangle,... | |
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I clearly see that existence can no more be separated from the essence of God than can its having its three angles equal to two right angles be separated from the essence of a [rectilinear] triangle, or the idea of a mountain from the idea of a valley... 
