I. Ontological Arguments

Abstract

1. A property is a perfection if and only if it is necessarily better for there to be at least one thing that has that property than it is for there to be nothing that has that property. (Definition) 2. It is necessarily better for there to be at least one thing that exists than it is for there to be nothing that exists. (Premise) 3. (Therefore) Existence is a perfection. (From 1, 2) 4. God is a being that has every perfection. (Definition) 5. (Therefore) God has existence, i.e. God exists. (From 3, 4)