I can actually say I understand what my philosophy professor was talking about today when he was explaining Anselm’s argument for the existence of God. Not in the sense that it convinced me to believe any differently than how I currently do, but how the concept of existence in the understanding and reality makes sense.
In Anselm’s argument he states,
If something exists only in the understanding and could have existed in reality, then it could have been greater than it is.
I’ll explain the meaning by example. In truth, I have a wonderfully amazing boyfriend. However, lately he’s been irritable and what not. His wonderful nature has not disappeared, it just no longer exists in reality, only in the understanding (the mind). The only concept that could make his wonderful nature even more amazing would be if it existed in reality (for the record, it does exist in reality, he’s just being cranky which I’m not mad about. Not even slightly. I’m using this example for the sake of understanding the concept. Nothing more or less).
Oh my word, for the first time in a LOOOOOOONNNNGGGGG while, I’m actually learning something in school. Hell muthafucking yeah.
